how to have ffmpeg time out when network hangs

[Skaperen]

sometimes, ffmpeg hangs while recording a live video. i was trying to find a way to specify a timeout period that if nothing is input for this period of time (like maybe 20 seconds) i can have it abort. even better would be to have it send another request to get that video stream going, again (a shorter timeout, like 5 seconds, would be appropriate when this is done). my free internet source (where i live, this is not stolen access) has changed provider (to ########) and is now less reliable (packet loss at times gets very high for a few seconds causing some connections to hang).

i look in the man page ("man ffmpeg" on Xubuntu Linux) but "timeout" does not seem to be in there. do they call it something else or just not have this capability?

i see that one of the live connection protocols involves repeating TCP connects. this can be especially vulnerable to bad networks. i would have used SCTP or UDP for such a thing.

[lomero]

try XstreamDL-CLI

[Skaperen]

try XstreamDL-CLI

as a replacement of ffmpeg itself?

[lomero]

yes, it's another app
look here https://github.com/xhlove/XstreamDL-CLI/
and make a new folder "binaries" and put ffmpeg and mp4decrypt (if needed)

[Skaperen]

the English README says "program not support m3u8 live". what i am capturing is m3u8 live. so this is not suitable for me.

[lomero]

work fine with mpd live. never tried with m3u8 live. try it