[rtmpdump] Construct of Video Data messages

[Pieter De Wit]

Hello Again group;

I am seeing something strange in the video data message - at least, I think it’s strange :)

Here is my app log (it’s my own server written in C):

The variables used are:

State - state of the server - 3 is after C2+S2, so handshake is done
bRX - Bytes received in this “read” event
bSD - Starting byte inside the buffer that was read (if we got multiple packets in one read then this will move to the end of the packet inside the buffer)

From there it is the variables as described by the spec.

Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  370) -> <==== Starting Packet of 7078 byte(s), starting at 0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  394) -> ---- Looping in packet State:3/bRX:7078/bSD:0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  486) -> Chunk Stream ID : 4
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  487) -> Format : 0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  510) -> Timestamp:0/msg_len:4/msg_tid:8/msg_sid:259
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  577) -> Audio Message of 4 bytes
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  962) -> Loop ended

We are done with the first RTMP packet in the buffer, next one :)

Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  394) -> ---- Looping in packet State:3/bRX:7078/bSD:16
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  486) -> Chunk Stream ID : 4
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  487) -> Format : 0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  510) -> Timestamp:0/msg_len:46/msg_tid:9/msg_sid:259
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  583) -> Video Message of 46 bytes - we have 7050 bytes
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  612) -> Read 46 bytes of Video data, read_ret:7078
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  962) -> Loop ended

Rinse,repeat

Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  394) -> ---- Looping in packet State:3/bRX:7078/bSD:74
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  486) -> Chunk Stream ID : 4
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  487) -> Format : 0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  510) -> Timestamp:0/msg_len:33754/msg_tid:9/msg_sid:259
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  583) -> Video Message of 33754 bytes - we have 6992 bytes
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  590) -> Reading the next 26762 bytes for video data
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  612) -> Read 33754 bytes of Video data, read_ret:7078
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  962) -> Loop ended
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  969) -> ====> Done with packet, waiting for next one

Between the previous step and this one is where I suspect it all broke. Chuck Stream ID 37 was never defined so I suspect I am off on the byte count

Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  370) -> <==== Starting Packet of 92 byte(s), starting at 0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  394) -> ---- Looping in packet State:3/bRX:92/bSD:0
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  486) -> Chunk Stream ID : 37
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  487) -> Format : 2
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  537) -> Timestamp:4606387
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  583) -> Video Message of 33754 bytes - we have 88 bytes
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  590) -> Reading the next 33666 bytes for video data
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  612) -> Read 33754 bytes of Video data, read_ret:92
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  962) -> Loop ended
Feb 08 06:53:37 ktms [17610]: (main.c@  969) -> ====> Done with packet, waiting for next one


So my question is:

Is there headers that I need to read when the network read is less than the message length ? My understanding is that it looks like the following:

| HEADER | <—DATA —>|

But it appears ? That it’s:

| HEADER | <— DATA —> | SMALLER HEADER | <— DATA —> |

If this is the case, where can I get a definition of the headers ?

Thanks !

Pieter