Unable to play live stream. . .

[zhouxinghong]

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• mpv version 0.38
• Windows Version 10 19044
• Source of the mpv binary
• If known which version of mpv introduced the problem
• GPU model, driver and version
• Possible screenshot or video of visual glitches

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Reproduction steps

Unable to play live stream. . .

PowerShell> mpv --no-config https://m3u.haiwaikan.com/xm3u8/caa7c5c10222f234fca7e184d9c53dc630cdc1ff0a7578770e73cae7043a26779921f11e97d0da21.m3u8
[ffmpeg/demuxer] hls: Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: png, none): unspecified size
[ffmpeg/demuxer] Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' (0) and 'probesize' (5000000) options
 (+) Video --vid=1 (png)
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] ...treating it as fatal error.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

Log file

Sample files

PowerShell> mpv --no-config https://m3u.haiwaikan.com/xm3u8/caa7c5c10222f234fca7e184d9c53dc630cdc1ff0a7578770e73cae7043a26779921f11e97d0da21.m3u8
[ffmpeg/demuxer] hls: Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: png, none): unspecified size
[ffmpeg/demuxer] Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' (0) and 'probesize' (5000000) options
 (+) Video --vid=1 (png)
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] error reading packet: Invalid argument.
[lavf] ...treating it as fatal error.
Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

[CounterPillow]

Stream's first .ts segment does not look like a standard MPEG-TS fragment, it begins with all the header data you'd expect of a PNG:

$ curl --silent https://cdn.kin6c1.com/fvod/39fe89f062e0c9240573a95288e1c7f1cac2c4935962f6f32af8e27a8199cd080ec531db3d29e5a35a2a431fdebfb694638a531870e55e2e74a63bc76686fd696fe0b5e05756f021fb79d5661ee8af29b59f68c9c34c06c2.ts -o - | hexdump -C | head -n 80
00000000  89 50 4e 47 0d 0a 1a 0a  00 00 00 0d 49 48 44 52  |.PNG........IHDR|
00000010  00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01  08 06 00 00 00 1f 15 c4  |................|
00000020  89 00 00 00 01 73 52 47  42 00 ae ce 1c e9 00 00  |.....sRGB.......|
00000030  00 04 67 41 4d 41 00 00  b1 8f 0b fc 61 05 00 00  |..gAMA......a...|
00000040  00 09 70 48 59 73 00 00  12 74 00 00 12 74 01 de  |..pHYs...t...t..|
00000050  66 1f 78 00 00 00 0d 49  44 41 54 18 57 63 f8 ff  |f.x....IDAT.Wc..|
00000060  ff ff 7f 00 09 fb 03 fd  05 43 45 ca 00 00 00 00  |.........CE.....|
00000070  49 45 4e 44 ae 42 60 82  47 40 11 10 00 42 f0 25  |IEND.B`[email protected].%|
00000080  00 01 c1 00 00 ff 01 ff  00 01 fc 80 14 48 12 01  |.............H..|
00000090  06 46 46 6d 70 65 67 09  53 65 72 76 69 63 65 30  |.FFmpeg.Service0|
000000a0  31 77 7c 43 ca ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |1w|C............|
000000b0  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
*
00000130  ff ff ff ff 47 40 00 10  00 00 b0 0d 00 01 c1 00  |....G@..........|
00000140  00 00 01 f0 00 2a b1 04  b2 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |.....*..........|
00000150  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
*
000001f0  47 50 00 10 00 02 b0 1d  00 01 c1 00 00 e1 00 f0  |GP..............|
00000200  00 1b e1 00 f0 00 0f e1  01 f0 06 0a 04 75 6e 64  |.............und|
00000210  00 08 7d e8 77 ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |..}.w...........|
00000220  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
*
000002a0  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff 47 41 00 30  |............GA.0|
000002b0  07 50 00 00 7b 0c 7e 00  00 00 01 e0 00 00 80 80  |.P..{.~.........|
000002c0  05 21 00 07 d8 61 00 00  00 01 09 f0 00 00 00 01  |.!...a..........|
000002d0  06 05 ff ff 97 dc 45 e9  bd e6 d9 48 b7 96 2c d8  |......E....H..,.|
000002e0  20 d9 23 ee ef 78 32 36  34 20 2d 20 63 6f 72 65  | .#..x264 - core|
000002f0  20 31 36 31 20 72 33 30  31 35 20 34 63 32 61 61  | 161 r3015 4c2aa|
00000300  66 64 20 2d 20 48 2e 32  36 34 2f 4d 50 45 47 2d  |fd - H.264/MPEG-|
00000310  34 20 41 56 43 20 63 6f  64 65 63 20 2d 20 43 6f  |4 AVC codec - Co|
00000320  70 79 6c 65 66 74 20 32  30 30 33 2d 32 30 32 30  |pyleft 2003-2020|
00000330  20 2d 20 68 74 74 70 3a  2f 2f 77 77 77 2e 76 69  | - http://www.vi|
00000340  64 65 6f 6c 61 6e 2e 6f  72 67 2f 78 32 36 34 2e  |deolan.org/x264.|
00000350  68 74 6d 6c 20 2d 20 6f  70 74 69 6f 6e 73 3a 20  |html - options: |
00000360  63 61 62 61 63 3d 30 20  47 01 00 11 72 65 66 3d  |cabac=0 G...ref=|
00000370  31 20 64 65 62 6c 6f 63  6b 3d 31 3a 30 3a 30 20  |1 deblock=1:0:0 |
00000380  61 6e 61 6c 79 73 65 3d  30 78 31 3a 30 78 31 31  |analyse=0x1:0x11|
00000390  31 20 6d 65 3d 68 65 78  20 73 75 62 6d 65 3d 32  |1 me=hex subme=2|
000003a0  20 70 73 79 3d 31 20 70  73 79 5f 72 64 3d 31 2e  | psy=1 psy_rd=1.|
000003b0  30 30 3a 30 2e 30 30 20  6d 69 78 65 64 5f 72 65  |00:0.00 mixed_re|
000003c0  66 3d 30 20 6d 65 5f 72  61 6e 67 65 3d 31 36 20  |f=0 me_range=16 |
000003d0  63 68 72 6f 6d 61 5f 6d  65 3d 31 20 74 72 65 6c  |chroma_me=1 trel|
000003e0  6c 69 73 3d 30 20 38 78  38 64 63 74 3d 30 20 63  |lis=0 8x8dct=0 c|
000003f0  71 6d 3d 30 20 64 65 61  64 7a 6f 6e 65 3d 32 31  |qm=0 deadzone=21|
00000400  2c 31 31 20 66 61 73 74  5f 70 73 6b 69 70 3d 31  |,11 fast_pskip=1|
00000410  20 63 68 72 6f 6d 61 5f  71 70 5f 6f 66 66 73 65  | chroma_qp_offse|
00000420  74 3d 30 20 47 01 00 12  74 68 72 65 61 64 73 3d  |t=0 G...threads=|
00000430  31 32 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 61  68 65 61 64 5f 74 68 72  |12 lookahead_thr|
00000440  65 61 64 73 3d 34 20 73  6c 69 63 65 64 5f 74 68  |eads=4 sliced_th|
00000450  72 65 61 64 73 3d 30 20  6e 72 3d 30 20 64 65 63  |reads=0 nr=0 dec|
00000460  69 6d 61 74 65 3d 31 20  69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63  |imate=1 interlac|
00000470  65 64 3d 30 20 62 6c 75  72 61 79 5f 63 6f 6d 70  |ed=0 bluray_comp|
00000480  61 74 3d 30 20 63 6f 6e  73 74 72 61 69 6e 65 64  |at=0 constrained|
00000490  5f 69 6e 74 72 61 3d 30  20 62 66 72 61 6d 65 73  |_intra=0 bframes|
000004a0  3d 30 20 77 65 69 67 68  74 70 3d 30 20 6b 65 79  |=0 weightp=0 key|
000004b0  69 6e 74 3d 32 35 30 20  6b 65 79 69 6e 74 5f 6d  |int=250 keyint_m|
000004c0  69 6e 3d 32 33 20 73 63  65 6e 65 63 75 74 3d 34  |in=23 scenecut=4|
000004d0  30 20 69 6e 74 72 61 5f  72 65 66 72 65 73 68 3d  |0 intra_refresh=|
000004e0  47 01 00 13 30 20 72 63  5f 6c 6f 6f 6b 61 68 65  |G...0 rc_lookahe|
000004f0  61 64 3d 31 30 20 72 63  3d 32 70 61 73 73 20 6d  |ad=10 rc=2pass m|
00000500  62 74 72 65 65 3d 31 20  62 69 74 72 61 74 65 3d  |btree=1 bitrate=|
00000510  32 34 30 30 20 72 61 74  65 74 6f 6c 3d 31 2e 30  |2400 ratetol=1.0|
00000520  20 71 63 6f 6d 70 3d 30  2e 36 30 20 71 70 6d 69  | qcomp=0.60 qpmi|
00000530  6e 3d 30 20 71 70 6d 61  78 3d 36 39 20 71 70 73  |n=0 qpmax=69 qps|
00000540  74 65 70 3d 34 20 63 70  6c 78 62 6c 75 72 3d 32  |tep=4 cplxblur=2|
00000550  30 2e 30 20 71 62 6c 75  72 3d 30 2e 35 20 69 70  |0.0 qblur=0.5 ip|
00000560  5f 72 61 74 69 6f 3d 31  2e 34 30 20 61 71 3d 31  |_ratio=1.40 aq=1|
00000570  3a 31 2e 30 30 00 80 00  00 00 01 67 42 c0 28 da  |:1.00......gB.(.|
00000580  01 e0 08 9f 97 01 10 00  00 3e 90 00 0b b8 08 f1  |.........>......|
00000590  83 2a 00 00 00 01 68 ce  0d c8 00 00 47 01 00 14  |.*....h.....G...|
000005a0  01 65 88 84 04 7f ff ff  0f 45 00 01 14 5f 27 27  |.e.......E..._''|
000005b0  27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27  27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27  |''''''''''''''''|
*
00000620  27 27 27 27 27 5d 75 d7  5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75  |''''']u.]u.]u.]u|
00000630  d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d  75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7  |.]u.]u.]u.]u.]u.|
00000640  5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75  d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d  |]u.]u.]u.]u.]u.]|
00000650  75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7  47 01 00 15 5d 75 d7 5d  |u.]u.]u.G...]u.]|
00000660  75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7  5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75  |u.]u.]u.]u.]u.]u|
00000670  d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d  75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7  |.]u.]u.]u.]u.]u.|
00000680  5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75  d7 5d 75 d7 5d 75 d7 5d  |]u.]u.]u.]u.]u.]|

Not mpv's issue to solve since this is in ffmpeg's demuxer/probe logic but I doubt FFmpeg would be interested in adding a special case workaround for this ad-hoc format your streaming service invented either.

[zhouxinghong]

@CounterPillow Can you try the following line? See if it plays properly in your machine.
mpv --no-config https://m3u.haiwaikan.com/xm3u8/caa7c5c10222f234fca7e184d9c53dc630cdc1ff0a7578770e73cae7043a26779921f11e97d0da21.m3u8

[CounterPillow]

It doesn't, for the reasons I already told you. The m3u8 link is a playlist of .ts segments and the .ts segments are not MPEG-TS but seemingly some garbage homebrew format that prepends a PNG.

[tuilakhanh]

If you're looking to play this stream, download the entire stream then play with option --demuxer-lavf-format=mpegts

[kasper93]

I tried ffmpeg -seg_format_options f=mpegts -i ... but doesn't seem to work, same with skip_initial_bytes.

[stumpedatwork]

#11365 MPV can't play non-standard M3U8 stream with faked video parts as 1x1 pixel images