[Elphel-support] strreaming problem...
Oleg
support-list at support.elphel.com
Fri May 18 12:33:45 PDT 2012
>
> 2. Command "top" right after the boot + before/after you launch
> mplayer could be helpful.
I meant before the mplayer crashes.
On 18 May 2012 12:52, Oleg <support-list at support.elphel.com> wrote:
> Carlos,
>
> "Top"s look ok. I also tried a camera with the 8.1.2 firmware and my PC -
> streaming works at 1920x1088.
>
> Sorry, I forgot to ask you to check a few more things:
>
> 1. You should have a usb-serial cable - could you connect it and send us
> the camera boot log? And also the info the camera writes when the streamer
> is working.
> 2. Command "top" right after the boot + before/after you launch
> mplayer could be helpful.
>
> Best regards,
> Oleg Dzhimiev
> Electronics Engineer
> phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
> Elphel, Inc.
>
>
> On 18 May 2012 06:53, Carlos Padial <palidoestudio2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > PC's OS - ?
>>
>> ok, lets me explain...
>>
>> i have two computers. A netbook (samsung n150, atom) with linux mint
>> 12 32 bits, ubuntu 10.10 32 bits, and with this computer i also use
>> the live usb.
>>
>> The second one is an intel i7 with linux mint 12 64bits, ubuntu 12.04
>> 32bits, (and till yesterday ubuntu 11.10)
>> When i try the live usb with this computer it works badly...
>> (resolution is 640x400 and window management gests crazy everytime...
>> making it unusable...
>>
>> When i have tried to install the usb, it doenst seems to recognice the
>> password i entered during the instalation so i'm only working with the
>> live version.
>>
>> I have tried mplayer with all of this OS and the results are similar.
>>
>> With the liveusb in the atom netbook i believe the problem is that the
>> netbook seems not to be able to open high resolution streams, with
>> 1920x1088 (128K) dont show any image, but i tried 640x480 (24k) and
>> the image is showed and even mantained for a long time (30-50 seconds)
>> But after that mplayer exits
>>
>> The best results i had was in the i7 with ubuntu 12, mplayer (MPlayer
>> svn r34540 (Ubuntu) and 640x480 (24k) , the live preview was working
>> without stop (i stopped it)
>>
>> when i setup 1280x720 (73k) and mplayer dont show the image...
>> i come back to 640x480 (27k) and the live preview works fine... this
>> is the only setup showing the live preview non stop...
>>
>> with 800x600 (40k) the preview show the image for 2 seconds and then
>> stops..
>> above this resolution the image is not showed (only one time each 10...
>>
>> > Camera firmware - ?
>>
>> Firmware Version: Elphel (R) Model 353 Camera release 8.1.2
>>
>> > FPS = 24?
>>
>> now i'm limitting fps to 25 (using instructions from wiki FPScontrol)
>>
>> > Image dimensions and size - 1920x1088, 100-150KB?
>>
>> > Mplayer version (let's stick to mplayer)?
>>
>> MPlayer svn r34540 (Ubuntu) (in ubuntu 12, where i have the best
>> results for the moment)
>>
>> > During that 5-10 sec of working the window with image opens, right? or
>> it
>>
>> > just crashes not showing anything?
>>
>> when i say mplayer is working i mean it opens a window and the image
>> is showed. Then the window close and mplayer says:
>>
>> Exiting... (End of file)
>>
>> > 2. Some things that you could try:
>> > Does mplayer act the same if you boot from our LiveUSB?
>>
>> Yes, the response is similar but i need to run liveUSB correctly in
>> the i7 to test...
>>
>> > Check the CPU usage on the camera - "top" or "ps" from the telnet
>> session -
>> > could also you send us this info?
>>
>>
>> top-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Mem: 27384K used, 12992K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 16248K cached
>> CPU: 0% usr 0% sys 0% nic 98% idle 0% io 0% irq 0% sirq
>> Load average: 0.27 0.26 0.26 5/34 2001
>> PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %MEM %CPU COMMAND
>> 751 1 root S 4136 10% 1% /usr/local/sbin/autoexposure
>> 2001 1996 root R 1496 4% 0% top
>> 830 829 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 827 1 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 829 827 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 765 763 root S 30936 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 764 763 root S 30936 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 763 759 root S 30872 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 759 1 root S 5336 13% 0% /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f
>> /etc/light
>> 727 1 root S 1480 4% 0% /usr/sbin/dropbear
>> 716 1 root S 1432 4% 0% /bin/vftpd -r
>> 1996 712 root S 1352 3% 0% -sh
>> 647 1 root S 1352 3% 0% /bin/sh
>> 654 1 root S 1312 3% 0% /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -o 40000
>> 657 1 root S 1144 3% 0% /usr/sbin/klogd -x
>> 1 0 root S 1136 3% 0% init
>> 746 1 root S 1136 3% 0% /usr/local/sbin/imgsrv -p 8081
>> 651 1 root S 1136 3% 0% /sbin/respawnd
>> 712 1 root S 1136 3% 0% /bin/utelnetd -d
>> 752 1 root S 1120 3% 0%
>> /usr/local/sbin/launch_php_script 2 /u
>>
>> this is top with the camera configured with 1280x720 (73k)
>> then i start mplayer in other terminal and the streamed video is
>> showed for 2 seconds... when the mplayer stop, top show this other
>> info:
>>
>> Mem: 27456K used, 12920K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 16248K cached
>> CPU: 0% usr 1% sys 0% nic 97% idle 0% io 0% irq 1% sirq
>> Load average: 0.20 0.24 0.25 2/34 2001
>> PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %MEM %CPU COMMAND
>> 2001 1996 root R 1496 4% 1% top
>> 751 1 root S 4136 10% 0% /usr/local/sbin/autoexposure
>> 830 829 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 750 1 root R 1120 3% 0% /usr/local/sbin/autocampars
>> 827 1 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 829 827 root S 44928 111% 0% /usr/local/bin/str
>> 765 763 root S 30936 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 764 763 root S 30936 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 763 759 root S 30872 76% 0% /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 759 1 root S 5336 13% 0% /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f
>> /etc/light
>> 727 1 root S 1480 4% 0% /usr/sbin/dropbear
>> 716 1 root S 1432 4% 0% /bin/vftpd -r
>> 1996 712 root S 1352 3% 0% -sh
>> 647 1 root S 1352 3% 0% /bin/sh
>> 654 1 root S 1312 3% 0% /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -o 40000
>>
>> ps-------------------------------------------
>>
>> PID USER VSZ STAT COMMAND
>>
>> 1 root 1136 S init
>> 2 root 0 SWN [ksoftirqd/0]
>> 3 root 0 SW [watchdog/0]
>> 4 root 0 SW< [events/0]
>> 5 root 0 SW< [khelper]
>> 6 root 0 SW< [kthread]
>> 8 root 0 SW< [kblockd/0]
>> 11 root 0 SW< [khubd]
>> 23 root 0 SW [pdflush]
>> 24 root 0 SW [pdflush]
>> 25 root 0 SW< [kswapd0]
>> 26 root 0 SW< [aio/0]
>> 568 root 0 SW [mtdblockd]
>> 602 root 0 SWN [jffs2_gcd_mtd4]
>> 647 root 1352 S /bin/sh
>> 651 root 1136 S /sbin/respawnd
>> 654 root 1312 S /usr/sbin/syslogd -m 0 -o 40000
>> 657 root 1144 S /usr/sbin/klogd -x
>> 712 root 1136 S /bin/utelnetd -d
>> 716 root 1432 S /bin/vftpd -r
>> 727 root 1480 S /usr/sbin/dropbear
>> 746 root 1136 S /usr/local/sbin/imgsrv -p 8081
>> 750 root 1120 S /usr/local/sbin/autocampars
>> 751 root 4136 S /usr/local/sbin/autoexposure
>> 752 root 1120 S /usr/local/sbin/launch_php_script 2
>> /usr/local/sbin/c
>> 759 root 5336 S /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd.conf
>> -m /us
>> 763 root 30872 S /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 764 root 30936 S /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 765 root 30936 S /usr/local/sbin/php
>> 827 root 44928 S /usr/local/bin/str
>> 829 root 44928 S /usr/local/bin/str
>> 830 root 44928 S /usr/local/bin/str
>> 1996 root 1352 S -sh
>> 2002 root 1488 R ps
>>
>> usually when i use telnet after mplayer exits, telnet didnt respond for a
>> while.
>>
>> it seems that with gstreamer when this happends, i need to restart the
>> camera, but with mplayer i dont need to restart the camera (yet)
>>
>> > Your PC/laptop CPU usage?
>>
>> top running in my i7 (ubuntu 12.04) shows:
>>
>> top - 13:55:00 up 1:49, 4 users, load average: 0.92, 0.97, 1.04
>> Tasks: 198 total, 2 running, 196 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
>> Cpu(s): 1.8%us, 0.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 97.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
>> 0.0%st
>> Mem: 12401224k total, 2853840k used, 9547384k free, 142224k buffers
>> Swap: 524284k total, 0k used, 524284k free, 1919880k cached
>>
>> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>> 2662 root 20 0 70732 51m 12m S 6 0.4 7:02.82 Xorg
>> 3346 carlos 20 0 467m 161m 23m S 3 1.3 5:35.28
>> plugin-containe
>> 2913 carlos 20 0 328m 164m 38m S 2 1.4 13:12.51 compiz
>> 1659 carlos 9 -11 171m 5696 4104 S 1 0.0 1:23.66
>> pulseaudio
>> 3884 carlos 20 0 96084 17m 11m S 1 0.1 0:29.12
>> gnome-terminal
>> 3309 carlos 20 0 547m 179m 32m S 0 1.5 4:15.87 firefox
>> 5669 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.91
>> kworker/0:1
>> 5825 carlos 20 0 2836 1200 884 R 0 0.0 0:00.03 top
>> 1 root 20 0 3636 1984 1284 S 0 0.0 0:01.26 init
>> 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
>> 3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.12
>> ksoftirqd/0
>> 6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/0
>> 7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 2:09.07
>> watchdog/0
>> 8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/1
>> 10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.05
>> ksoftirqd/1
>> 12 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:29.46
>> watchdog/1
>> 13 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/2
>> 15 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.05
>> ksoftirqd/2
>> 16 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> watchdog/2
>> 17 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/3
>> 19 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.03
>> ksoftirqd/3
>> 20 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.04
>> watchdog/3
>> 21 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/4
>> 23 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> ksoftirqd/4
>> 24 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> watchdog/4
>> 25 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/5
>> 27 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> ksoftirqd/5
>> 28 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> watchdog/5
>> 29 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/6
>> 30 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> kworker/6:0
>> 31 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> ksoftirqd/6
>> 32 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> watchdog/6
>> 33 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
>> migration/7
>> 35 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
>> ksoftirqd/7
>> 36 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 watchdog/7
>>
>> > Best regards,
>> > Oleg Dzhimiev
>> > Electronics Engineer
>> > phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
>> > Elphel, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carlos Padial
>> surreal.asturnazari.es
>>
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>
>
>
--
Best regards,
Oleg Dzhimiev
Electronics Engineer
phone: +1 801 783 5555 x124
Elphel, Inc.
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