Slicer device tab video plays briefly, and then stops (LAN mode)

I would post this under Bambu Studio, but I’m using Orca. Bambu Studio won’t even run properly when it’s denied access to the Internet. :roll_eyes:

I’m running in LAN mode with old firmware (pre-“developer mode”). The important stuff works, but I have this annoying problem with getting video to play in the slicer, ever since moving the printer to a wifi ‘access point’. I don’t think it’s a connectivity issue, the access point has a wired connection and is right next to the printer. I can connect and print fine, but I when I start video on the Device tab it only plays for a second or two and then freezes. Stopping the video and then playing it gives you another two seconds and freezes, so it’s not completely useless - but it is annoying.

It’s just an ‘access point’ extending the regular subnet. The printer’s mac is blocked at the main router from accessing the Internet (this is not supposed to stop the printer from accessing things within the LAN…). Locally running PC firewall only blocks outbound, not inbound, so it shouldn’t be that.

The annoying thing is, I “fixed” this a little while ago and had the video playing long term. (I had the printer itself blocked on the access point thing, and disabling that seemed to fix it.) But since power cycling the secondary wifi ‘access point’ it has been doing this again.

Is it worth trying to use Wireshark to figure out what’s going on? What else can I check? Anyone seen a similar issue before?

When I watch a stream on my computer using a VPN, or after the stream has been running for a while, I experience significant lag. If you know what indicators to look for, Wireshark might help identify the issue. I have noticed that this lag occurs regardless of whether I am connected to the LAN, which suggests that the problem may be related to faulty firmware on the printer. In my case, it might even be a combination of suboptimal software and an overloaded cloud service.

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I have the same issue with OrcaSlicer & LAN mode, I tried BambuStudio (which has internet access) and it does the same thing but just plays for about 1.5 sec. Using Home Assistant it streams perfectly.

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Aw man, now I just restarted everything and connected up the video… now it’s frikkin working again!

I did nothing to fix it!

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It broke again. lol

But… Linux CLI to the rescue… (Maybe other OSes too but I have no idea?)

ffplay ‘rtsps://bblp:[PrinterAccessCodeHere]@[PrinterIpAddressHere]:322/streaming/live/1’

:partying_face:

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Thx!

ffplay didn’t work for me due to gpu driver reasons (just something broken on my system), but mpv did. Hope it helps someone.

mpv rtsps://bblp:[PrinterAccessCodeHere]@[PrinterIpAddressHere]:322/streaming/live/1
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