Improving handling of send errors

revid/Revid.go

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ const (
 	rtmpConnectionTimout  = 10
 	outputChanSize        = 10000
 	cameraRetryPeriod     = 5 * time.Second
+	sendFailedDelay       = 5
+	maxSendFailedErrorCount = 500
+	clipsSizeThreshold = 11
 )
 
 // Log Types
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ type revid struct {
 	sendClip    func(clip []byte) error
 	rtmpInst    rtmp.RTMPSession
 	mutex       sync.Mutex
+	currentBitrate int64
 }
 
 // NewRevid returns a pointer to a new revid with the desired
@@ -135,6 +139,12 @@ func NewRevid(config Config) (r *revid, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// Returns the currently saved bitrate from the most recent bitrate check
+// check bitrate output delay in consts for this period
+func (r *revid) GetBitrate() int64 {
+	return r.currentBitrate
+}
+
 // GetConfigRef returns a pointer to the revidInst's Config struct object
 func (r *revid) GetConfigRef() *Config {
 	return &r.config
@@ -357,13 +367,21 @@ func (r *revid) outputClips() {
 		if clip, err := r.ringBuffer.Read(); err == nil {
 			bytes += len(clip)
 			errorCount := 0
-			for err := r.sendClip(clip); err != nil; errorCount++ {
+			err := r.sendClip(clip)
-				if len(clip) >= 11 {
+			for ; err != nil; errorCount++ {
 				r.Log(Warning, "Send failed trying again!")
+				// If the clip size is not bigger than the threshold then we classify
+				// it as junk and we don't try to send it off again.
+				if len(clip) >= clipSizeThreshold {
 					err = r.sendClip(clip)
 				} else {
 					break
 				}
+				// So that we don't fill up the log, once we reach the maxSendFailedErrorCount
+				// we will add some delay to slow things down until we have a connection again
+				if errorCount > maxSendFailedErrorCount {
+					time.Sleep(time.Duration(sendFailedDelay) * time.Second)
+				}
 				r.Log(Error, err.Error())
 				if r.config.Output == NativeRtmp && errorCount > 5 {
 					r.reboot()
@@ -378,7 +396,8 @@ func (r *revid) outputClips() {
 			now = time.Now()
 			deltaTime := now.Sub(prevTime)
 			if deltaTime > time.Duration(bitrateTime)*time.Second {
-				r.Log(Info, fmt.Sprintf("Bitrate: %v bits/s\n", int64(float64(bytes*8)/float64(deltaTime/1e9))))
+				r.currentBitrate = int64(float64(bytes*8)/float64(deltaTime/1e9)))
+				r.Log(Info, fmt.Sprintf("Bitrate: %v bits/s\n", r.currentBitrate )
 				r.Log(Info, fmt.Sprintf("Ring buffer size: %v\n", r.ringBuffer.GetNoOfElements()))
 				prevTime = now
 				bytes = 0