Cannot stream over RTP from another network

[Jbudone]

Bob and Betty are having some issues using VLC for streaming. Bob is trying to stream a movie for both himself and Betty to watch, however Betty (try with her might) cannot connect.

Bobs details:
Bob is running Ubuntu 12.04 (linux) and VLC 2.0.3 (Twoflower)
He sets up his stream like so,
Media -> Stream... -> [picks a totally legally downloaded movie] -> Stream
RTP / MPEG Transport Stream @224.1.1.1:5004 -> Transcoding deactivated -> Streaming all Elementary Streams -> TTL = 128
( :sout=#rtp{dst=224.1.1.1,port=5004,mux=ts,ttl=128} :sout-all :sout-keep )

He then runs another VLC client and connects to the network stream like so,
Media -> Open Network Stream -> rtp://<Global IP>@224.1.1.1:5004

Bob is now able to watch his movie, but patiently waits for Betty to join him

Bettys details:
Betty is running Ubuntu 11.04 (linux) and VLC 1.1.9 (The Luggage)
She tries connecting like so,
Media -> Open Network Stream -> rtp://<Bob's IP>@224.1.1.1:5004

Betty (bless her heart) sits there waiting with absolutely no luck in connecting to Bob's stream (no errors pop up or anything)


Any ideas? Poor Bob and Betty could sure use some advice

[Jbudone]

update: Betty has upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (linux) and VLC 2.0.3 (Twoflower) and records the same issue

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

No data coming. Usually firewall, security or network issue.

[Jbudone]

Hey Remi Denis,

I'm not sure this is really a firewall/network issue now. I've properly opened ports 5004 and 5005 on udp, and the problem still persists. I have looked more into this and found that multicast rtp is streamed on 239.255.255.255 + and that I would need some special hardware in order to get get multicast rtp streaming to work. So now I'm trying to stream on unicast, but still can't get it to work. Running `ifconfig` states that my broadcast address is 192.168.0.255 Is this the address that I need to stream my videos on? And if so, on the client network should I be trying to reach this at rtp://<global IP address>@192.168.0.255:5004 (also should I add the port for the global IP address?) ?? Also do I need any special hardware in order to do unicast rtp streaming?

I feel like I'm missing something vital here, but I can't get any help in the chatrooms, on google, or off the documentation/guides.