How to split TS stream into files?

[Tim Müller]

On Mon, 2016-02-15 at 16:32 +0600, Yakov Sudeikin wrote:

Hello,

> Hi, we are using multifilesink to store the incoming network .ts
> stream. We save in 10 minute chunks using max-file-duration option.
> 
> Then we want to start playing at the arbitrary chunk, not always the
> first one. Sometimes it works, but sometimes not. For instance it
> will start playing from chunks 1,3,5, but not if you start at 2 or 4.
> I suggest this is a keyframe alignment issue. Any hint how to deal
> with that? 
> 
> I consider not using multifilesink at all and manually process with
> appsink, but then again, how do I split the data stream in the right
> place?
> 
> I suggest there could be a message on the bus, but what exactly is
> that message if there is, and how to use it to let appsink stop
> writing to one file, and start another?
> 
> Any suggestions or explanations are greatly appreciated.

Have you tried the 'splitmuxsink' element which was added in 1.6 ?

Cheers
 -Tim

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