*I am not able to attach the log files. Size exceeds 80 K it seems. :(*
> *
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 April 2012 00:37, eolin...@gmail.com <eolin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>Oh, I see.
>>>>>> Also, Can I help out in some way? I have some hands on on OS stuff,
>>>>>> but I am not a part of the open source project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice to hear you and see that some people are yet ready to help a
>>>>>> great project an half dead but an half living too. A little thing could
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> done to be reborn. At least, it is what I am thinking and by experience.
>>>>>> Stay tune we know never.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure :-)
>>>>
>>>> >>>But with bwm-ng tool, when I am monitoring the bandwidth, it comes
>>>>>> out be variable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately, I don't know this tool and how he is working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is just a simple bandwidth monitoring tool, it checks the data
>>>> on interface device files.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>Now, streaming the output video.
>>>>>> vlc -vvv Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi --sout '#rtp{dst=10.112.19.153,port=
>>>>>> 1234,sdp=rtsp://10.112.10.53:8080/test.sdp}'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah I 've never try vlc for transcoding even I understand big lines.
>>>>>> What is the option -vvv ? At first look, we said just a direct streaming
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> your file across the network but I don't see if (and how) they transcode
>>>>>> the file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Following is for transcoding and save to a file "test.ts" --
>>>> vlc -vvv Blood_Diamond.avi --sout '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga
>>>> ,vb=8000,ab=128,deinterface}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=test.ts}'
>>>>
>>>> access=file indicates to redirect output to a file. So, here I get the
>>>> constant bit rate stream.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Following is just to stream the file test1.ts, without transcoding --
>>>> vlc -vvv test.ts --sout '#rtp{dst=10.112.19.153,port=1234,sdp=rtsp://
>>>> 10.112.10.53:8080/test1.sdp}'
>>>>
>>>> However, we can do the transcoding on the fly as well, by redirecting
>>>> output not to a file, but to the network rtp/http protocol.
>>>>
>>>> So, what I meant in my previous mail was, if I stream the file
>>>> generated by "transcode" tool, I don't get a constant bit rate bandwidth as
>>>> I get from the file generated by vlc. Now, the problem with vlc is, I don't
>>>> get a stream of more than 15 Mbps, and I want one with 100 Mbps.
>>>>
>>>> I am attaching the log files.
>>>> check.csv is the output of bandwidth monitoring tool, if you will look
>>>> in eth0 interface (output Bandwidth), it comes out as variable. This is the
>>>> one, when I transcoded the file using "transcode" tool.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> >>>I do have the option to transcode from vlc as well, there I get a
>>>>>> constant bit rate stream also, but it's not able to transcode it at more
>>>>>> than 20 Mbps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you put the result of this commands lines for your two try (i.e
>>>>>> after transcoding with Transcode and vlc) and this one of your
>>>>>> transcoding
>>>>>> test with vlc ? Thanks. I would like to see the difference and see what
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> not working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tcprobe -H 50 -i Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi (try with the option -H 10 or
>>>>>> without this option if It doesn't work)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> oneadmin@cadlab:/srv/streaming> tcprobe -H 50 -i
>>>>> Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi
>>>>> [tcprobe] RIFF data, AVI video
>>>>> [tcprobe] summary for Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi, (*) = not default, 0 =
>>>>> not detected
>>>>>
>>>>> import frame size: -g 720x416 [720x576] (*)
>>>>> frame rate: -f 25.000 [25.000]
>>>>> frc=3
>>>>>
>>>>> audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 44100,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x55
>>>>> [0x2000]
>>>>> (*)
>>>>> bitrate=128
>>>>> kbps
>>>>>
>>>>> length: 2969 frames, frame_time=40 msec,
>>>>> duration=0:01:58.760
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2012/4/16 Mohit Dhingra <mohitdhing...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>> Mohit Dhingra
>>>>>>> +919611190435*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 April 2012 20:08, eolin...@gmail.com <eolin...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>Thanks for your reply :-) I didn't know that the mailing list is
>>>>>>>> not that active.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This project misses of a leader since the actual leader have left
>>>>>>>> the project for personal reason and found nobody to replace him. It is
>>>>>>>> damage because this project is great and powerful. The roadmap is rich
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> the 1.2.0 alpha1 is very interesting and promising. However, this
>>>>>>>> project
>>>>>>>> have a lack of a good and a modern documentation with a lot of practice
>>>>>>>> samples. So the command line could be awful with so much options and
>>>>>>>> lost
>>>>>>>> the user and the software engineer. Even the new of the output of the
>>>>>>>> last
>>>>>>>> version (1.17) is not updated on the blog/official website.And I don't
>>>>>>>> speak how to have the last version on the official website :-( A lot of
>>>>>>>> things should be done before to restart on good news bases. The fact
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> 's an open source project do that he could live again easily with a
>>>>>>>> motivated team. I am quiet sure that it could restart quickly. Nothing
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> lost. Crossed fingers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, I see.
>>>>>>> Also, Can I help out in some way? I have some hands on on OS stuff,
>>>>>>> but I am not a part of the open source project.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>< -R n[,f1[,f2]]
>>>>>>>> 0 Constant bitrate (CBR) encoding. [default]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ahah. You have yourself the answer at your question. You don't need
>>>>>>>> to precise CBR because this value is by default. It is only useful
>>>>>>>> when you
>>>>>>>> are using two pass by sample.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>"-o test" indicates the output file name, right? That I have
>>>>>>>> already included. I don't care about the output file format, it could
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> any format which the other computer (client) can play, and no worries
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> the quality as well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay. Here how I see things :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In one pass for sample using ffmpeg, (you could use xvid too for
>>>>>>>> the same result) :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -o Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi -y ffmpeg,
>>>>>>>> ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -w 5000 -N0X55 -E 44100,16,2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I explain :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -i Blood_Diamond.avi # the input file
>>>>>>>> -o Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi # the output file
>>>>>>>> -y ffmpeg, ffmpeg # utilisation of ffmpeg for video and for audio
>>>>>>>> (I am not sure that the second is needed obligatory)
>>>>>>>> -F mpeg4 # utilisation of codec mpeg4 of ffmpeg=> divx or xvid ?
>>>>>>>> -w 5000 # specification of a bitrate of 5000
>>>>>>>> -NOX55 # specification of output audio in MP3
>>>>>>>> -E 44100,16,2 # samplerate at 44100, 16 bits, 2 channels (stereo).
>>>>>>>> If you'd like the same change by -E 0,0,2 or 0,0,1 (for mono)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In two pass and you 'll understand better how to use the R options
>>>>>>>> (to my humble advice, I' m just an user) :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -o /dev/null -y ffmpeg,null -F mpeg4
>>>>>>>> -w 5000 -R 1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond -o Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi -y
>>>>>>>> ffmpeg,ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -w 5000 -N0X55 -E 44100,16,2 -R 2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here you have moreover :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -R 1 # first pass
>>>>>>>> -R 2 # second pass
>>>>>>>> -o /dev/null # for the first pass a tempory output
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Note : we don't matter about audio in the first pass so it why we
>>>>>>>> don't specify a audio codec in -y ffmpeg,null
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have some errors running this command (the first or the
>>>>>>>> both), could you please put the output of the terminal. Thanks.
>>>>>>>> Hopes this helps you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It ran, but I still don't have a constant bit rate stream.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is what I did,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1.
>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -o /dev/null -y ffmpeg,null -F mpeg4
>>>>>>> -w 5000 -R 1 -N 0x55
>>>>>>> 2.
>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -o Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi -y
>>>>>>> ffmpeg,ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -w 5000 -E 44100,16,2 -R 2 -N 0x55
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now, streaming the output video.
>>>>>>> vlc -vvv Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi --sout
>>>>>>> '#rtp{dst=10.112.19.153,port=1234,sdp=rtsp://
>>>>>>> 10.112.10.53:8080/test.sdp}'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But with bwm-ng tool, when I am monitoring the bandwidth, it comes
>>>>>>> out be variable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same thing with
>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -o Blood_Diamond_Mod.avi -y ffmpeg,
>>>>>>> ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -w 5000 -N 0x55 -E 44100,16,2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do have the option to transcode from vlc as well, there I get a
>>>>>>> constant bit rate stream also, but it's not able to transcode it at more
>>>>>>> than 20 Mbps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2012/4/15 Mohit Dhingra <mohitdhing...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your reply :-) I didn't know that the mailing list is
>>>>>>>>> not that active.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> About Input file:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> cadlab:/srv/streaming # tcprobe -i Blood_Diamond.avi
>>>>>>>>> [tcprobe] RIFF data, AVI video
>>>>>>>>> [tcprobe] summary for Blood_Diamond.avi, (*) = not default, 0 =
>>>>>>>>> not detected
>>>>>>>>> import frame size: -g 720x416 [720x576] (*)
>>>>>>>>> frame rate: -f 25.000 [25.000] frc=3
>>>>>>>>> audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,0,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x55
>>>>>>>>> [0x2000]
>>>>>>>>> (*)
>>>>>>>>> bitrate=122
>>>>>>>>> kbps
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> length: 206153 frames, frame_time=40 msec,
>>>>>>>>> duration=2:17:26.119
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, As I told you, I want lots of constant bit rate streams
>>>>>>>>> (starting from 1 Mbps to 100 Mbps, 5000 was just an example to test,
>>>>>>>>> but it
>>>>>>>>> doesn't seem to produce constant bit rate, that's why I posted. )
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I used "-R 0" because man page says
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -R n[,f1[,f2]]
>>>>>>>>> 0 Constant bitrate (CBR) encoding. [default]
>>>>>>>>> The codec tries to achieve constant bitrate output.
>>>>>>>>> This means, each encoded frame is mostly the same size. This type of
>>>>>>>>> encoding can help in maintaining constant filling of hardware buffer
>>>>>>>>> on set
>>>>>>>>> top players or smooth streaming over networks. By the way, Constant
>>>>>>>>> bitrate
>>>>>>>>> is often obtained sacrifying quality during high motion scenes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "-o test" indicates the output file name, right? That I have
>>>>>>>>> already included.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, basically I want to upscale the video (by padding bits or
>>>>>>>>> stuff like that) and I want to stream over the network. I don't care
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> the output file format, it could be any format which the other
>>>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>>>> (client) can play, and no worries about the quality as well. If there
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> something I am misinterpreting, please let me know, I would like to
>>>>>>>>> clarify
>>>>>>>>> as well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>>>> Mohit Dhingra
>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 15 April 2012 01:32, eolin...@gmail.com <eolin...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And you don't speak about audio ? Did you have one and in which
>>>>>>>>>> format will be in the output file ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2012/4/14 eolin...@gmail.com <eolin...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mohit,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Be patient this mailing list is not very active . :-(
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Could you give us more explanations on your input file ?
>>>>>>>>>>> tcprobe -i Blood_Diamond.avi
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know if it is a translation error of my part but I don't
>>>>>>>>>>> understand what do you like to obtain. what/where is your output
>>>>>>>>>>> file and
>>>>>>>>>>> his format ? Why do you use a bitrate of 5000 if you want to have
>>>>>>>>>>> a 100
>>>>>>>>>>> mbps ? Why do you use the option R 0 ? one pass or more ?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> @+
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2012/4/14 Mohit Dhingra <mohitdhing...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is for the experimental purpose, I am not worried about
>>>>>>>>>>>> the video quality. I just want to convert the video to 100 Mbps,
>>>>>>>>>>>> so that I
>>>>>>>>>>>> can stream it and test the system performance. Any inputs please..
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mohit Dhingra
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 April 2012 23:33, Mohit Dhingra
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mohitdhing...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Hello All,*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I need to generate constant bit rate stream, starting from 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mbps to 100 Mbps bit rate. I tried using transcode for the same:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> transcode -i Blood_Diamond.avi -w 5000,15 -o test -y ffmpeg -F
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mpeg4 -R 0
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But, it doesn't generate constant bit rate stream. What are
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the options that I am missing? Thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mohit Dhingra
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Olivier
>>>>>>>>>>> Cenwen un elfe sur la banquise/ an elve on the ice
>>>>>>>>>>> Mon blog perso sur le multimédia, Ubuntu, Linux et OpenShot :
>>>>>>>>>>> http://linuxevolution.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>>>>>> Le forum d'Openshot où vous me trouverez :
>>>>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/
>>>>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php
>>>>>>>>>>> Nothing is lost until the last second.
>>>>>>>>>>> The family motto : When we want, we can.
>>>>>>>>>>> Astuces, Actualités, Logiciels, bref sur tout ce que je ne fais
>>>>>>>>>>> d'articles dessus
>>>>>>>>>>> Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/111472725110173916234/posts>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Olivier
>>>>>>>>>> Cenwen un elfe sur la banquise/ an elve on the ice
>>>>>>>>>> Mon blog perso sur le multimédia, Ubuntu, Linux et OpenShot :
>>>>>>>>>> http://linuxevolution.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>>>>> Le forum d'Openshot où vous me trouverez :
>>>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/
>>>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php
>>>>>>>>>> Nothing is lost until the last second.
>>>>>>>>>> The family motto : When we want, we can.
>>>>>>>>>> Astuces, Actualités, Logiciels, bref sur tout ce que je ne fais
>>>>>>>>>> d'articles dessus
>>>>>>>>>> Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/111472725110173916234/posts>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Olivier
>>>>>>>> Cenwen un elfe sur la banquise/ an elve on the ice
>>>>>>>> Mon blog perso sur le multimédia, Ubuntu, Linux et OpenShot :
>>>>>>>> http://linuxevolution.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>>> Le forum d'Openshot où vous me trouverez :
>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/
>>>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php
>>>>>>>> Nothing is lost until the last second.
>>>>>>>> The family motto : When we want, we can.
>>>>>>>> Astuces, Actualités, Logiciels, bref sur tout ce que je ne fais
>>>>>>>> d'articles dessus
>>>>>>>> Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/111472725110173916234/posts>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Olivier
>>>>>> Cenwen un elfe sur la banquise/ an elve on the ice
>>>>>> Mon blog perso sur le multimédia, Ubuntu, Linux et OpenShot :
>>>>>> http://linuxevolution.wordpress.com/
>>>>>> Le forum d'Openshot où vous me trouverez : http://openshotusers.com/
>>>>>> http://openshotusers.com/forum/index.php
>>>>>> Nothing is lost until the last second.
>>>>>> The family motto : When we want, we can.
>>>>>> Astuces, Actualités, Logiciels, bref sur tout ce que je ne fais
>>>>>> d'articles dessus
>>>>>> Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/111472725110173916234/posts>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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