Is there a way to see video after applying packet loss

[mushahidh]

I have encoded a video stream using JM using RTP. Then i have applied rtp_loss on it but after that i am unable to decode video. Like in this example a video with different packet loss percentages are depicted. I want to apply packet loss on H.264 RTP stream than want to decode it. But whenever i want to decode using JM it is unable to handle it. I have heard that Netem could be an option but i am not using Linux. So Is there a way to apply packet loss on video and than see how video quality is changed after it like in the example gif link given above?

[LoRd_MuldeR]

What about the FFmpeg decoder? Or just use VLC, MPlayer, MPC-HC, etc. pp.

[raffriff42]

How the video 'looks' with bad data depends on how the decoder has been programmed.

A decoder might try to 'conceal' a bad block by repeating the block from the previous (or next) frame. If there are many bad blocks, it might repeat the whole frame. As a last resort it might return black frame(s) and hope the stream returns to normal soon. A different decoder may do more error concealment, or less.

Point is, there is no particular way a video with bad data will look, unless you control the decoding.

BTW the transmission medium (eg videotape, blu-ray, satellite) might scramble the blocks in space and time, so a big data dropout is broken into many small chunks which are more easily concealed. This again changes how the video 'looks'.

EDIT if you don't like the answers you have gotten so far, perhaps you should explain what you are trying to do exactly.
For my part, my answer was intended to give you some search terms to find more detailed information.
I supposed that if you were compiling a reference codec and injecting errors into the data stream, you were hardly a newbie.

[pandy]

Originally Posted by raffriff42

I supposed that if you were compiling a reference codec and injecting errors into the data stream, you were hardly a newbie.

You are so big optimist...

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by LoRd_MuldeR

What about the FFmpeg decoder? Or just use VLC, MPlayer, MPC-HC, etc. pp.

FFmpeg even not able to decode RTP stream without any error.I am open to use any codec provided it fulfill my requirement i.e apply packet loss and then decode and see how the video look like.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by raffriff42

Point is, there is no particular way a video with bad data will look, unless you control the decoding.

So without using any error concealment approach no decoder will able to decode video?

[StainlessS]

Some players just give up when they come across corrupt/bad streams, others can conceal damage and continue when good stream re-established.
DVD players expect good stream always (as from disk) whereas internet or TV transmission streams have to be fault tolerant and player should be able
to re-establish decoding when bad packets have gone by (whether or not they were able to conceal errors).

[raffriff42]

Originally Posted by StainlessS

DVD players expect good stream always (as from disk)

well yeah, except they are expected to play through dust, scratches, fingerprints...

You're probably right about streaming decoders being the most fault tolerant.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by StainlessS

Some players just give up when they come across corrupt/bad streams, others can conceal damage and continue when good stream re-established.
DVD players expect good stream always (as from disk) whereas internet or TV transmission streams have to be fault tolerant and player should be able
to re-establish decoding when bad packets have gone by (whether or not they were able to conceal errors).

Yeah you are right about it.But question is still there. Is there a way to simulate impact of packet loss in video? Like given here
Right now in JM after packet loss When i want to decode video it shows me warning i.e RTP sequence number discontinuity detected and stop decoding the video.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by raffriff42

EDIT if you don't like the answers you have gotten so far, perhaps you should explain what you are trying to do exactly.
For my part, my answer was intended to give you some search terms to find more detailed information.
I supposed that if you were compiling a reference codec and injecting errors into the data stream, you were hardly a newbie.

What exactly i want is to
1) Encode video using any H.264 encoder
2) Add redundant bits with each frame to achieve better visual quality after packet loss.
3) Apply packet loss.
4) Perform error correction
5) Decode video
Right now i am encoding a video and applying packet loss on it but unable to decode video after packet loss . I haven't added any redundancy with frames but I want to simulate the difference is visual quality after and before adding Redundant bits in video.
I hope you understand my problem and suggest me a way to go.

[raffriff42]

To play a video stream which has errors, you will need error correction and/or error concealment, or decoding will simply fail as you have seen. Error correction first, and if the errors are not correctable, error concealment. The simplest possible way to handle uncorrectable data is to keep showing the last good frame, or show blank frames. Not pretty, but better than crashing.

After that it gets very complicated. I am not an expert in this topic! Perhaps look at existing open source decoders to see what they do.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by raffriff42

To play a video stream which has errors, you will need error correction and/or error concealment, or decoding will simply fail as you have seen. Error correction first, and if the errors are not correctable, error concealment. The simplest possible way to handle uncorrectable data is to keep showing the last good frame, or show blank frames. Not pretty, but better than crashing.

After that it gets very complicated. I am not an expert in this topic! Perhaps look at existing open source decoders to see what they do.

Even though in JM decoder i have

 ConcealMode            = 1                # Err Concealment(0:Off,1:Frame Copy,2:Motion Copy)

But still its unable to decode it with 2% packet loss. Any other decoder that can provide this functionality like keep showing last good frame or blank frames etc ?

[Asmodian]

Try not simulating packet loss for the first few frames at least. How evenly spaced is your 2%? Losing a tiny bit from everything will cause nothing to work.

[nevcairiel]

FWIW the FFmpeg decoder is considered to have very good error concealment, but depending on what you drop you might still end up with a undecodable stream.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by Asmodian

Try not simulating packet loss for the first few frames at least. How evenly spaced is your 2%? Losing a tiny bit from everything will cause nothing to work.

There are 30 frames in the stream . And stream is divided into 258 packets. i am using this command after your suggestion

 rtp_loss video1.264 video2.264 2 70

which means i am leaving first 70 packets. And from remaining bitstream 2% of 258 packets will be lost. So in this case decoder is able to decode it .
But in case of using error correction code like reed solomon code at frame level to recover packet loss should i add redundancy during encoding or after encoding of video?

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by nevcairiel

FWIW the FFmpeg decoder is considered to have very good error concealment, but depending on what you drop you might still end up with a undecodable stream.

Yeah that's right it is highly dependent on what i drop. I have tried using H.264 RTP stream using FFmpeg but it's unable to decode it.It only decode Stream without RTP header.

[StainlessS]

JFYI, about the best (fault tolerant) decoder that I have found is the PotPlayer media player.
(also seems to be constantly improving fault tolerance)
GOM player seems to edit some bad streams where it finds corruption.
Current ffmpeg seems to have improved fault tolerance over previous versions.

[mushahidh]

Originally Posted by StainlessS

JFYI, about the best (fault tolerant) decoder that I have found is the PotPlayer media player.
(also seems to be constantly improving fault tolerance)
GOM player seems to edit some bad streams where it finds corruption.
Current ffmpeg seems to have improved fault tolerance over previous versions.

I have installed POtPlayer. But unable to find the way to decode H.264 RTP stream. There isn't any docs available. Any guidance would be highly appreciated.

[StainlessS]

I did a search and could find little about opening rtp, just this:- https://potplayer.daum.net/forum/sea...p?keywords=rtp

Perhaps post in Daum forum, probably best bet, good luck.

EDIT: The poster did not respond to request for links, but due to request for links by user csumi, looks like it may be possible.

[StainlessS]

OK, I did google search on "rtp sample url", and found the below link

rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

In PotPlayer, Menu Open/Open Url, and copied link into the url link item,
clicked OK, and it played the linked movie (big Buck Bunny).

EDIT: The first few links from above google search will probably be of interest.