On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM Shane Warren <sha...@innovsys.com> wrote: > > I am transcoding live multicast using hardware (decoding using nvidia and > encoding using nvidia (h264_nvenc) and going out multicast at fixed framerate > and constant bitrate. Normally the output is about 3-5 seconds behind the > input. > > I have some streams that cause the output to eventually get minutes behind > the input. I've narrowed down the input buffering being the culprit of > holding a very large buffer of input frames in these situations. > > Here is my command: > > ffmpeg -y -threads 2 -nostats -nostdin -loglevel verbose -progress pipe:1 > -probesize 5M -filter_threads 4 -threads 2 -re -fflags +genpts -fflags > discardcorrupt -hwaccel_device 0 -extra_hw_frames 2 -hwaccel_output_format > cuda -hwaccel cuda -heavy_compr 1 -thread_queue_size 512 -i > "udp://@225.105.0.27:10102?fifo_size=1073440&buffer_size=2129920&timeout=800000" > -autoscale 0 -threads 2 -filter_complex > "[0:v:0]fps=30000/1001,yadif_cuda,scale_npp=1920:1080:interp_algo=super:format=yuv420p > [vout]" -map "[vout]" -map "0:a:0" -map 0:d? -filter:a:0 > "aresample=async=10000,volume=1.00" -c:a:0 aac -threads 2 -ac:a:0 2 -ar:a:0 > 48000 -b:a:0 192k -flush_packets 0 -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 6000k -minrate:v > 6000k -maxrate:v 6000k -bufsize:v 12000k -a53cc 1 -tune ll -zerolatency 1 > -cbr 1 -forced-idr 1 -strict_gop 1 -threads 2 -profile:v high -level:v 4.2 > -bf:v 0 -g:v 15 -f fifo -drop_pkts_on_overflow 1 -attempt_recovery 0 > -fifo_format mpegts -format_opts muxrate=6800440:pes_payload_size=1528 > "udp://@225. > 105.0.65:10102?pkt_size=1316&bitrate=6800440&burst_bits=10528&ttl=64" > > I suspect the input stream does something odd and causes ffmpeg to buffer > frames and it gets slowly behind. I would like to make ffmpeg drop frames if > possible, instead of forever buffering frames and getting further and further > out of sync. > > Is there anything anyone can recommend to force ffmpeg to stop buffering > input frames?
I imagine the stream is changing somehow. What is the output (ffmpeg) when it happens? Also, maybe try starting simple (-preset 8) and then fine tuning. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
