Gstreamer issues on Fido (was: Fido with kernel 3.10.17)

[Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster@mail.bg>]

Hi Gary,

On 05/12/2015 04:35 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2015-05-12 07:24, Nikolay Dimitrov wrote:
>> Ho Gary,
>>
>> On 05/12/2015 04:18 PM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>> On 2015-05-12 07:12, Nikolay Dimitrov wrote:
>>>> Hi Otavio,
>>>>
>>>> On 05/12/2015 03:59 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2015-05-12 06:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Gary Thomas
>>>>>>> <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2015-05-12 06:43, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Nikolay Dimitrov
>>>>>>>>> <picmaster@mail.bg> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gstreamer-1.0 freezes instantly with my test video
>>>>>>>>>> streams. As I've invested some time in the past to
>>>>>>>>>> really force gstreamer-0.10 to work, I'm quite
>>>>>>>>>> reluctant to go forward with gstreamer-1.0, especially
>>>>>>>>>> when its MPEGTS implementation is, well...
>>>>>>>>>> half-working. So I'm sticking with what I've made to
>>>>>>>>>> work so far.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did you try the community plugin? We have been using it
>>>>>>>>> with several customers and in general it is working very
>>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is that not what you would get when running the media
>>>>>>>> player?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you have an example pipeline that does work, e.g. play
>>>>>>>> a complete movie (H264+mp3) in .mp4 container?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> gst-play-1.0 works.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not for me on either of the i.MX6 boards I have here :-(  What
>>>>>> board(s) [and kernel] have you tested with?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What did you play?  What is your display device?  Anything else
>>>>>> you can provide that might help me figure this out...
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you use the gstreamer1.0-imx? The fsl-image-multimedia works
>>>>> for many movies.
>>>>
>>>> That's correct. I usually make smoke test with the Sintel trailers
>>>> and it works fine here.
>>>
>>> What package includes these?  Or [exactly] what file(s) do you use?
>>
>> Please check here: https://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/
>>
>> These are my 3 favorite files for testing, they usually work fine
>> unless I've totally screwed up something:
>>
>> https://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/sintel_trailer-480p.mp4
>> https://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/sintel_trailer-720p.mp4
>> https://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/sintel_trailer-1080p.mp4
>
> Thanks
>
> What is your display (size, mode, etc)?  Mine is hdmi 1280x760M60

I have to support one of 2 LCD panels, selectable in boot-time:
- 1366x768 on 18-bit LVDS
- 1366x768 on 24-bit LVDS, rotated at 180 degrees

Unfortunately this resolution created all kinds of problems, so I've
settled on 1360x768, which works OK. The rotation itself also created
issues with Xorg - slower subjective performance in rotated mode, more
noticeable screen tearing, Firefox calculated wrong coordinates of
html5 widgets. Xorg is also on my ditching list...

>>> I'd like to try to duplicate what you are using explicitly.
>>
>> I can also send you my test mpegts files, so you can see gstreamer in
>> its full glory.
>
> That could be useful, thanks

I'll follow-up.

>>>> Unfortunately, stock gst-1.0 and gst-0.10 doesn't work with the
>>>> DVB-S stream dumps I made from my customer's infrastructure, and
>>>> this is what counts in my specific context.

Regards,
Nikolay