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Hi,

I want to VoD various content:
1. DVD ISO's
2. MPG files pulled from my TiVo
3. USB webcams

I want to be able to view a menu of this content from my android phone and then click on something to view it.

It feels like this is possible with VLC/VLM/VoD, but I can't figure out how.

Here's what I can do:
1. I can stream a file or webcam to an Android phone using RTSP. This isn't VoD, just streaming.
2. I can set up VoD and view using VLC on a PC. The Android phone says "sorry, can't play this video".

Soooo, has anyone figured this out?

Thanks,
John

For android, use http, I guess.

Thank you for reading and replying to my message.

RTSP works to Android when I use VLC to stream. It's when I use VoD that it doesn't work. I suspect there is a problem with my configuration.

Are you able to run VoD with RTSP or HTTP from VLC/VLM to Android?

Thanks!
John

Can you provide an example activity that you used to stream video from VLC Player to Android?

Or did you adjust the sample program with a different url, if so what was the new url?

Thanks

Eric

I gave up on VLC. It's great for some things, but for others it's just too hard. I'm now using Handbrake to convert all my DVDs and TiVo MPGs to MP4 for viewing on my cell.

I've been testing some changes in the RTSP implementation used for VOD to make it work with Android media player. I’ve found that Android won't accept a SETUP response when its Transport header has no server_port. When I put ";server_port=58004-58005" at the end of Transport IT WORKS. I don't even have to listen to those ports. This trick could be adopted if it doesn't cause any trouble in other players.