2009-05-22 13:16:09 mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74455

Hi,

I am facing the following problem. I try to use MPlayer to play audio

file from a stream. But it get stucked in the "Cache fill" stage (stays at

0%). Once I am stucked there, killing mplayer cause this message to be

printed on console :

bfin-wdt: Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!

Any network connection is closed and the system becomes unstable.

I can succefully use mplayer to play a file on an NFS drive.

The stream is ok. I can listen to it with exactly the same command

line on my host computer using MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (well, I

put something else than "-ao null" off course).

I am using components from 2008R1.5-RC3 release (toolchain and uClinux-dist)

Version prints the following info :

kernel: Linux release 2.6.22.19-ADI-2008R1.5-svn, build #64 Fri May 22 12:48:50 CEST 2009

toolchain: bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc release gcc version 4.1.2 (ADI svn)

user-dist: release 2008R1.5, build #19 Fri May 22 12:43:01 CEST 2009

My hardware is BF537-EZKit.

MPlayer version is dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.1.2.

Anyone got an idea ? Is anybody able to stream with mplayer on this

release or a previous one ?

Here is the mplayer's log and command line used :

root:/mnt> mplayer -v -ao null " 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3"

Creating config file: //.mplayer/config

get_path('codecs.conf') -> '//.mplayer/codecs.conf'

Reading //.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open '//.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory

Reading /etc/codecs.conf: 117 audio & 238 video codecs

Configuration: --enable-cross-compile --target=bfin-linux-uclibc --host-cc=gcc --cc=bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc --as=bfin-linux-uclibc-as --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-fbdev --disable-mp3lib --disable-live

CommandLine: '-v' '-ao' 'null' ' 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3'

get_path('font/font.desc') -> '//.mplayer/font/font.desc'

font: can't open file: //.mplayer/font/font.desc

font: can't open file: /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc

Using Unoptimized OnScreenDisplay

Using nanosleep() timing

get_path('input.conf') -> '//.mplayer/input.conf'

Can't open input config file //.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory

Can't open input config file /etc/input.conf: No such file or directory

Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

get_path('rsr-espace2-low.mp3.conf') -> '//.mplayer/rsr-espace2-low.mp3.conf'

Playing 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3.

get_path('sub/') -> '//.mplayer/sub/'

Filename for url is now 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3

STREAM_HTTP(1), URL: 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3

Connecting to server 84.16.67.134[84.16.67.134]: 80...

--- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- START ---

protocol: [HTTP/1.0]

http minor version: [0]

uri: [(null)]

method: [(null)]

status code: [200]

reason phrase: [OK]

body size: [0]

Fields:

0 - Content-Type: audio/mpeg

1 - icy-br:48

2 - ice-audio-info: ice-samplerate=44100;ice-bitrate=48;ice-channels=2

3 - icy-br:48

4 - icy-description:Powered by Infomaniak.net

5 - icy-genre:Public Radio

6 - icy-name:RSR Espace 2

7 - icy-private:0

8 - icy-pub:1

9 - icy-url: www..rsr.ch

10 - Server: Icecast trunk

11 - Cache-Control: no-cache

12 - icy-metaint:16000

--- HTTP DEBUG HEADER --- END ---

Content-Type: [audio/mpeg]

Cache size set to 320 KBytes

STREAM: [null] 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3

STREAM: Description: http streaming

STREAM: Author: Bertrand, Albeau, Reimar Doeffinger, Arpi?

STREAM: Comment: plain http

CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0 pre:65536 eof:0

Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)

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2009-05-22 13:49:41 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Robin Getz (UNITED STATES)

Message: 74457

Julien:

Does mp3play work?

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2009-05-22 17:40:11 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74462

Robin,

Yes, it works ... more or less

I can use this command :

mp3play " 84.16.67.134/rsr-espace2-low.mp3" -w test

which produces the file "test" but then I can't do anything with it.

No idea about the format. I tried to feed mplayer on my host

machine with it with no result.

I will try tomorrow with older releases back to RC7. I think it is

unusefull to try earlier because mplayer wasn't yet working.

Do you have any idea if this did work in the past ?

I tried VLC too but I experienced kernel crash when playing from

the stream above.

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2009-05-23 06:11:20 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74470

I tried with 2008R1-RC8 and I have the same result (tested mplayer only).

Does anybody have success streaming with mplayer ? I guess yes since

there is a description on this website of streaming with VLC and MPlayer.

An image for the STAMP board was even supplied, but unfortunatly it

seems it was removed.

Could anybody who has a working mplayer (for streaming) provide its

config, the disto version and exact command line for MPlayer please ?

Any kind of help is welcome

Thank you.

Julien

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2009-05-23 06:17:55 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Jiri Beranek (CZECH REPUBLIC)

Message: 74471

Hi, look to blackfin.uclinux.org/gf/project/uclinux-dist/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=3895

Jiri Beranek

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2009-05-23 07:30:14 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74472

Thank you very much Jiri,

I just tried mplayer with the -nocache option and it works.

I will try to use your version of cache2.c.

Julien

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2009-05-23 14:18:58 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74475

Probably the last email of this thread.

Jiri, I tried your fix and it works nicely.

One more time thank you for helping.

Julien

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2009-05-23 18:41:07 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Robin Getz (UNITED STATES)

Message: 74480

Julien:

You want to send things to a file? or just listen to it?

I normally use mp3play all the time for streaming audio, and listening to it. If you want - you should be able to capture it to a file with -d foobar (I think) - but the file will be the raw samples, and will not play in any audio player. You could need to add the necessary headers on things to turn it back into a wav file. (Or just cat foobar > /dev/dsp).

-Robin

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2009-05-24 15:04:45 Re: mplayer stucked in cache fill

Julien Linder (SWITZERLAND)

Message: 74506

Thank you Robin. I though mp3play did output the raw data but I wasn't sure

and did not take the time to find out.

I play the file (DAC on sport device - AD1854), but as I want to be able to use other

formats than just mp3, I prefer using MPlayer.

It works fine now.

Julien