FFmpeg Web Video

[Supermanfan77]

I tried posting this to the renders topic a few weeks ago but got no response so I thought I'd post it here hoping for help.

Hello devs. What I'm about to post has been discussed at length with Infidel under his Jumpy plugin forum page and it was suggested I post here as my issue is likely a render problem.

I use Jumpy to watch videos from certain websites. One website in particular has an audio/video issue which I have self diagnosed myself off and on over the last couple of years. What happens is the video will play at normal speed but the audio plays at hyperspeed, as in superfast chipmunks. Because of the audio playing like that the video freezes after a few seconds and never recovers. For the hell of it one day I decided to record a short test video from the website using VLC, I then used MediaInfo (see UMS text file) to read the video file and it tells me the audio is in an aac format at 16khz using 1 channel. My guess is that the PS3 translates that wrong and plays the audio superfast. I then tested that video I recorded on my ps3 using UMS and it plays it the same way as it does streaming from the website. My next plan was to convert the audio using a favorite video editor changing it to 48khz 2 channel. The result was the audio and video playing normally and that is how I have come to the conclusion that the PS3 doesn't like either the 1 channel mono or the 16khz. It is worth noting the audio/video from the website plays normally using Kodi (kodi debug log attached to ums_dbg.zip).

So I guess my question is, is there a way to fix this where it will play normally on my PS3?

[Nadahar]

I haven't looked at it for video files, but I've been struggeling a bit with the same issue with audio files and PS3. It seems to me that the PS3 ignores whatever information it gets about sample rate and channels, and plays it as if it was 2 channels and 44,1 or 48 KHz (depending on the PS3 configuration) regardless. I don't think there's anything that can be done other than transcode it to 44,1 or 48 KHz.

Based on what you're saying, I'm guessing the same is true for video files on the PS3. I consider it a limitation of the PS3.

[Supermanfan77]

I haven't looked at it for video files, but I've been struggeling a bit with the same issue with audio files and PS3. It seems to me that the PS3 ignores whatever information it gets about sample rate and channels, and plays it as if it was 2 channels and 44,1 or 48 KHz (depending on the PS3 configuration) regardless. I don't think there's anything that can be done other than transcode it to 44,1 or 48 KHz.

Based on what you're saying, I'm guessing the same is true for video files on the PS3. I consider it a limitation of the PS3.

That would be my guess as well. It also plays fine when I cast it from chrome on my PC to my chromecast. I wonder if the PS4 is any different than the PS3?...