Can't play rtsp stream in vlc - mplayer works

[bagpussnz]

Hi,
I'm trying to play an rtsp stream...
rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm

It plays fine in mplayer (I just prefer vlc).
I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with version 0.8.6c of vlc.

vlc -l gives....

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
main main program
help Help options
mux_ts TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
faad AAC audio decoder (using libfaad2)
theora Theora video decoder
theora Theora video packetizer
theora Theora video encoder
x264 H.264/MPEG4 AVC encoder (using x264 library)
access_output_udp UDP stream output
access_output_http HTTP stream output
access_output_file File stream output
access_output_dummy Dummy stream output
telnet VLM remote control interface
lirc Infrared remote control interface
gestures Mouse gestures control interface
netsync Network synchronisation
rc Remote control interface
showintf Show interface with mouse
hotkeys Hotkeys management interface
http HTTP remote control interface
svgalib SVGAlib video output
opengl OpenGL video output
image Image video output
xvideo XVideo extension video output
glx OpenGL(GLX) provider
glide 3dfx Glide video output
aa ASCII-art video output
ggi General Graphics Interface video output
x11 X11 video output
caca Color ASCII art video output
vout_sdl Simple DirectMedia Layer video output
bonjour Bonjour services
shout Shoutcast radio listings
shout Shoutcast TV listings
hal HAL devices detection
sap SAP Announcements
sap SDP file parser for UDP
podcast Podcasts
s16tofixed32 Audio filter for s16->fixed32 conversion
bandlimited_resampler Audio filter for band-limited interpolation resampling
trivial_channel_mixer Audio filter for trivial channel mixing
s16tofloat32swab Audio filter for s16->float32 with endianness conversion
fixed32tos16 Audio filter for fixed32->s16 conversion
mpgatofixed32 MPEG audio decoder
mpgatofixed32 MPEG audio decoder
s8tofloat32 Audio filter for s8->float32 conversion
linear_resampler Audio filter for linear interpolation resampling
linear_resampler Audio filter for linear interpolation resampling
param_eq Parametric Equalizer
a52tofloat32 ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
a52tofloat32 ATSC A/52 (AC-3) audio decoder
ugly_resampler Audio filter for ugly resampling
dtstospdif Audio filter for DTS->S/PDIF encapsulation
float32tos8 Audio filter for float32->s8 conversion
u8tofixed32 Audio filter for u8->fixed32 conversion
normvol Volume normalizer
u8tofloat32 Audio filter for u8->float32 conversion
trivial_resampler Audio filter for trivial resampling
dtstofloat32 DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder
dtstofloat32 DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder
float32tou16 Audio filter for float32->u16 conversion
simple_channel_mixer Audio filter for simple channel mixing
float32tou8 Audio filter for float32->u8 conversion
headphone_channel_mixer Headphone virtual spatialization effect
a52tospdif Audio filter for A/52->S/PDIF encapsulation
s16tofloat32 Audio filter for s16->float32 conversion
fixed32tofloat32 Audio filter for fixed32<->float32 conversion
float32tos16 Audio filter for float32->s16 conversion
dolby_surround_decoder Simple decoder for Dolby Surround encoded streams
equalizer Equalizer with 10 bands
audio_format Audio filter for PCM format conversion
ipv4 UDP/IPv4 network abstraction layer
screensaver X Screensaver disabler
memcpy libc memcpy
export export
export M3U playlist exporter
export Old playlist exporter
export XSPF playlist export
growl Growl Notification Plugin
freetype Freetype2 font renderer
dummy Dummy interface function
dummy Dummy access function
dummy Dummy demux function
dummy Dummy decoder function
dummy Dummy encoder function
dummy Dummy audio output function
dummy Dummy video output function
dummy Dummy font renderer function
notify LibNotify Notification Plugin
logger File logging
xml XML Parser (using libxml2)
gnutls GnuTLS TLS encryption layer
ipv6 UDP/IPv6 network abstraction layer
xtag Simple XML Parser
vod_rtsp RTSP VoD server
subtitle Text subtitles parser
rawdv DV (Digital Video) demuxer
mp4 MP4 stream demuxer
ogg OGG demuxer
flac FLAC demuxer
m4v MPEG-4 video demuxer
xa XA demuxer
mpgv MPEG-I/II video demuxer
id3tag ID3 tags parser
asf ASF v1.0 demuxer
avi AVI demuxer
sgimb Kasenna MediaBase parser
aiff AIFF demuxer
au AU demuxer
m3u Playlist metademux
nsc Windows Media NSC metademux
ps MPEG-PS demuxer
ps MPEG-PS demuxer
wav WAV demuxer
demuxdump File dumpper
pva PVA demuxer
vobsub Vobsub subtitles parser
m4a MPEG-4 audio demuxer
voc VOC demuxer
ty TY Stream audio/video demux
nuv Nuv demuxer
tta TTA demuxer
live555 RTP/RTSP/SDP demuxer (using Live555)
live555 RTSP/RTP access and demux
playlist Playlist
playlist M3U playlist import
playlist PLS playlist import
playlist B4S playlist import
playlist DVB playlist import
playlist Podcast parser
playlist XSPF playlist import
playlist New winamp 5.2 shoutcast import
nsv NullSoft demuxer
dtssys Raw DTS demuxer
h264 H264 video demuxer
mjpeg M-JPEG camera demuxer
mod MOD demuxer (libmodplug)
mpga MPEG audio / MP3 demuxer
mkv Matroska stream demuxer
real Real demuxer
a52sys Raw A/52 demuxer
ts MPEG Transport Stream demuxer
mpc MusePack demuxer
visual Visualizer filter
xosd XOSD interface
rv32 RV32 conversion filter
logo Logo video filter
logo Logo sub filter
scale Video scaling filter
transform Video transformation filter
crop Crop video filter
time Time display sub filter
clone Clone video filter
mosaic Mosaic video sub filter
motiondetect Motion detect video filter
magnify Magnify/Zoom interactive video filter
deinterlace Deinterlacing video filter
deinterlace Deinterlacing video filter
rss RSS and Atom feed display
invert Invert video filter
blend Video pictures blending
marq Marquee display
motionblur Motion blur filter
distort Distort video filter
adjust Image properties filter
osdmenu On Screen Display menu
wall Wall video filter
i420_rgb I420,IYUV,YV12 to RGB2,RV15,RV16,RV24,RV32 conversions
i420_ymga Conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YMGA
i422_yuy2 Conversions from I422 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
i420_yuy2 Conversions from I420,IYUV,YV12 to YUY2,YUNV,YVYU,UYVY,UYNV,Y422,IUYV,cyuv,Y211
cdda Audio CD input
access_udp UDP/RTP input
vcd VCD input
access_directory Standard filesystem directory input
access_directory Directory EOF
dvdread DVDRead Input (DVD without menu support)
access_dv Digital Video (Firewire/ieee1394) input
screen Screen Input
access_file File input
access_tcp TCP input
access_mms Microsoft Media Server (MMS) input
vcdx Video CD (VCD 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, SVCD, HQVCD) input
dvdnav DVDnav Input
access_fake Fake input
access_ftp FTP input
pvr IVTV MPEG Encoding cards input
dvb DVB input with v4l2 support
access_smb SMB input
v4l Video4Linux input
access_http HTTP input
lpcm Linear PCM audio decoder
lpcm Linear PCM audio packetizer
sdl_image SDL_image video decoder
cvdsub CVD subtitle decoder
cvdsub Chaoji VCD subtitle packetizer
dvbsub DVB subtitles decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles encoder
dts DTS parser
dts DTS audio packetizer
flacdec Flac audio decoder
flacdec Flac audio encoder
flacdec Flac audio packetizer
vorbis Vorbis audio decoder
vorbis Vorbis audio packetizer
vorbis Vorbis audio encoder
ffmpeg FFmpeg audio/video decoder/encoder ((MS)MPEG4,SVQ1,H263,WMV,WMA)
ffmpeg FFmpeg chroma conversion
ffmpeg FFmpeg audio/video encoder
ffmpeg FFmpeg demuxer
ffmpeg FFmpeg muxer
ffmpeg FFmpeg video filter
ffmpeg FFmpeg crop padd filter
ffmpeg FFmpeg deinterlace video filter
subsdec Text subtitles decoder
speex Speex audio decoder
speex Speex audio packetizer
speex Speex audio encoder
mpeg_audio MPEG audio layer I/II/III decoder
mpeg_audio MPEG audio layer I/II/III packetizer
cinepak Cinepak video decoder
svcdsub Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) decoder
svcdsub Philips OGT (SVCD subtitle) packetizer
rawvideo Pseudo raw video decoder
rawvideo Pseudo raw video packetizer
libmpeg2 MPEG I/II video decoder (using libmpeg2)
fake Fake video decoder
png PNG video decoder
adpcm ADPCM audio decoder
spudec DVD subtitles decoder
spudec DVD subtitles packetizer
telx Teletext subtitles decoder
cmml CMML annotations decoder
cmml CMML annotations decoder
araw Raw/Log Audio decoder
araw Raw audio encoder
a52 A/52 parser
a52 A/52 audio packetizer
wxwidgets wxWidgets interface module
wxwidgets wxWidgets dialogs provider
skins2 Skinnable Interface
skins2 Skins loader demux
ncurses Ncurses interface
stream_out_display Display stream output
stream_out_mosaic_bridge Mosaic bridge stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_bridge Bridge stream output
stream_out_transcode Transcode stream output
stream_out_switcher MPEG2 video switcher stream output
stream_out_standard Standard stream output
stream_out_duplicate Duplicate stream output
stream_out_dummy Dummy stream output
stream_out_es Elementary stream output
stream_out_rtp RTP stream output
stream_out_description Description stream output
stream_out_gather Gathering stream output
access_filter_timeshift Timeshift
access_filter_record Record
access_filter_dump Dump
aout_sdl Simple DirectMedia Layer audio output
esd EsounD audio output
arts aRts audio output
aout_file File audio output
mux_wav WAV muxer
mux_asf ASF muxer
mux_mp4 MP4/MOV muxer
mux_mpjpeg Multipart JPEG muxer
mux_ps PS muxer
mux_dummy Dummy/Raw muxer
mux_ogg Ogg/OGM muxer
mux_avi AVI muxer
packetizer_mpegvideo MPEG-I/II video packetizer
packetizer_copy Copy packetizer
packetizer_mpeg4video MPEG4 video packetizer
packetizer_h264 H.264 video packetizer
packetizer_mpeg4audio MPEG4 audio packetizer
trivial_mixer Trivial audio mixer
float32_mixer Float32 audio mixer
spdif_mixer Dummy S/PDIF audio mixer
oss Linux OSS audio output
alsa ALSA audio output

Any ideas?
Cheers,
Ian.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Please, provide a vlc -vvv output

[bagpussnz]

Hi,
As requested....

vlc -vvv rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rmVLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000001] main private debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main private debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main private debug: loading plugins cache file /home/ianc/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main private debug: module bank initialized, found 223 modules
[00000001] main private debug: opening config file /home/ianc/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main private debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main private debug: looking for memcpy module: 1 candidate
[00000001] main private debug: using memcpy module "memcpy"
[00000288] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000288] main playlist debug: thread 3080043408 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184)
[00000289] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000289] main private debug: thread 3071650704 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210)
[00000290] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000290] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000290] main interface debug: thread 3063258000 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000292] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000292] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver"
[00000292] main interface debug: thread 3054865296 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000288] main playlist debug: adding playlist item `rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm' ( rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm )
[00000294] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 5 candidates
[00000294] main interface debug: using interface module "wxwidgets"
[00000294] main interface debug: thread 3028741008 (manager) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:216)
[00000294] wxwidgets interface debug: Using last windows config '(-1,0,0,1440,900)(0,11,30,425,86)(6,0,0,-1,150)'
[00000294] wxwidgets interface debug: id=0 p=(11,30) s=(425,86)
[00000294] wxwidgets interface debug: id=6 p=(0,0) s=(-1,150)
[00000288] main playlist debug: nothing requested, starting
[00000288] main playlist debug: creating new input thread
[00000297] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000297] main input debug: thread 2998725520 (input) created at priority 0 (input/input.c:265)
[00000297] main input debug: creating statistics handler
[00000297] main input debug: `rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm' gives access `rtsp' demux `' path `169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm'
[00000297] main input debug: creating demux: access='rtsp' demux='' path='169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm'
[00000299] main demuxer debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
Sending request: OPTIONS rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm RTSP/1.0
CSeq: 1
User-Agent: VLC media player (LIVE555 Streaming Media v2007.02.20)


Received OPTIONS response: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
CSeq: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:52:20 GMT
Server: Helix Mobile Server Version 11.1.3.1887 (sunos-5.8-sparc-server) (RealServer compatible)
Public: OPTIONS, DESCRIBE, ANNOUNCE, PLAY, PAUSE, SETUP, GET_PARAMETER, SET_PARAMETER, TEARDOWN
TurboPlay: 1
RealChallenge1: 0221937ce01055c523d70a363d5c2fb6
StatsMask: 7


Sending request: DESCRIBE rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm RTSP/1.0
CSeq: 2
Accept: application/sdp
User-Agent: VLC media player (LIVE555 Streaming Media v2007.02.20)


Received DESCRIBE response: RTSP/1.0 200 OK
CSeq: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:52:21 GMT
Set-Cookie: cbid=ikggphiidjgflldmeokrouqqpojrktlufkhjkielcjekfiplpnmrkultrrqnntnurfjjehoi;path=/;expires=Thu,31-Dec-2037 23:59:59 GMT
Last-Modified: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:16:35 GMT
Content-base: rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm/
Vary: User-Agent, ClientID
Content-type: application/sdp
x-real-usestrackid: 1
Content-length: 3043


Need to read 3043 extra bytes
Read 727 extra bytes: v=0
o=- 1196727395 1196727395 IN IP4 169.229.131.16
s=sph_20071127.rm
i=<No author> <No copyright>
c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
t=0 0
a=SdpplinVersion:1610641560
a=StreamCount:integer;2
a=control:*
a=IsRealDataType:integer;1
a=Flags:integer;0
a=ASMRuleBook:string;"#($Bandwidth < 225000),Stream0Bandwidth = 6444, Stream1Bandwidth = 27556;#($Bandwidth >= 225000),Stream0Bandwidth = 32041, Stream1Bandwidth = 192959;"
a=range:npt=0-6499.728000
m=audio 0 RTP/AVP 101
b=AS:37
b=RR:1201
b=RS:400
a=control:streamid=0
a=range:npt=0-6499.728000
a=length:npt=6499.728000
a=rtpmap:101 x-pn-realaudio/1000
a=fmtp:101
a=mimetype:string;"audio/x-pn-realaudio"
a=Helix-Adaptation-Support:1
a=MaxBitRate:integer;32041
a=AvgBitR
Read 1148 extra bytes: ate:integer;32041
a=MaxPacketSize:integer;465
a=AvgPacketSize:integer;465
a=StartTime:integer;0
a=EndOneRuleEndAll:integer;1
a=Preroll:integer;3714
a=ActualPreroll:integer;1857
a=SeekGreaterOnSwitch:integer;0
a=MinimumSwitchOverlap:integer;200
a=EndTime:integer;6497964
a=OpaqueData:buffer;"TUxUSQAEAAAAAAABAAEAAgAAAEkucmH9AAQAAC5yYTQAAAAQAAQAAAA5AAAAAADoAAAAAAAAvM0AALzNAAYA6AAAAAAfQAAAABAAAQRzaXByBHNpcHIBBwAAAAAAAAAAXi5yYf0ABQAALnJhNQAAABAABQAAAE4AFAAAAdEAAAAAAAOqtwADqrcAEAHRAF0AAAAAViIAAFYiAAAAEAACZ2VucmNvb2sBBwAAAAAAEAEAAAMEAAAYAAAAAAACAAQ="
a=RMFF 1.0 Flags:buffer;"AAQAAgAAAAIAAA=="
a=StreamName:string;"audio/x-pn-multirate-realaudio logical stream"
a=intrinsicDurationType:string;"intrinsicDurationContinuous"
a=ASMRuleBook:string;"#($Bandwidth < 32041),AverageBandwidth=6444,Priority=5;#($Bandwidth < 32041),AverageBandwidth=0,Priority=5,OnDepend=\"0\", OffDepend=\"0\";#($Bandwidth >= 32041),AverageBandwidth=32041,Priority=5;#($Bandwidth >= 32041),AverageBandwidth=0,Priority=5,OnDepend=\"2\", OffDepend=\"2\";"
m=video 0 RTP/AVP 101
b=AS:234
b=RR:7235
b=RS:2411
a=control:streamid=1
a=range:npt=0-6497.931000
a=l
Read 1168 extra bytes: ength:npt=6497.931000
a=rtpmap:101 x-pn-realvideo/1000
a=fmtp:101
a=mimetype:string;"video/x-pn-realvideo"
a=Helix-Adaptation-Support:1
a=MaxBitRate:integer;192959
a=AvgBitRate:integer;192959
a=MaxPacketSize:integer;996
a=AvgPacketSize:integer;331
a=StartTime:integer;0
a=EndOneRuleEndAll:integer;1
a=Preroll:integer;5388
a=SeekGreaterOnSwitch:integer;1
a=MinimumSwitchOverlap:integer;0
a=OpaqueData:buffer;"TUxUSQAFAAIAAAAAAAEAAQADAAAAIgAAACJWSURPUlY0MAFAAPAADAAAAAAADwAAAAgQIEAAgAAAAAAiAAAAIlZJRE9SVjQwAUAA8AAMAAAAAAAd+FIASBAgQACAAAAAACIAAAAiVklET1JWNDABQADwAAwAAAAAAA8AAAAIECBAAIAA"
a=RMFF 1.0 Flags:buffer;"AAUAAgACAAAAAgAA"
a=StreamName:string;"video/x-pn-multirate-realvideo logical stream"
a=intrinsicDurationType:string;"intrinsicDurationContinuous"
a=ASMRuleBook:string;"#($Bandwidth < 27556),TimestampDelivery=T,DropByN=T,priority=9;#($Bandwidth >= 27556) && ($Bandwidth < 192959),AverageBandwidth=27556,Priority=9;#($Bandwidth >= 27556) && ($Bandwidth < 192959),AverageBandwidth=0,Priority=5,OnDepend=\"1\";#($Bandwidth >= 192959),AverageBandwidth=192959,Priority=9;#($Bandwidth >= 192959),AverageBandwidth=0,Priority=5,OnDepend=\"3\";"

[00000299] live555 demuxer: real codec detected, using real-RTSP instead
[00000299] live555 demuxer error: Nothing to play for rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm
[00000299] main demuxer warning: no access_demux module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
[00000297] main input debug: creating access 'rtsp' path='169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm'
[00000302] main access debug: looking for access2 module: 5 candidates
[00000302] vcdx access warning: Can't get file status for 169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm:
No such file or directory
[00000302] access_file access warning: 169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm: No such file or directory
[00000302] cdda access warning: could not open 169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm
[00000302] main access warning: no access2 module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
[00000297] main input error: no suitable access module for `rtsp://169.229.131.16:554//events/sph//sph_20071127.rm'
[00000297] main input debug: thread 2998725520 joined (input/input.c:412)
[00000288] main playlist: nothing to play

Regards,
Ian

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

you don't haev realrtsp in your modules?

[dragon-pk]

you don't haev realrtsp in your modules?

vlc cannot support rm if you don`t add rm module

[bat999]

you don't haev realrtsp in your modules?

vlc cannot support rm if you don`t add rm module

I don't understand about any 'rm module'.
According to VLC wiki, Real Media isn't supported.
Here:-http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLC doesn't support RV30/RV40 but should support the rest.

[bat999]

VLC doesn't support RV30/RV40 but should support the rest.

What is RV30/RV40?
Edit, it's here in wikipedia. Some kind of proprietory format.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealVideo#Technology

I am in same position as bagpussnz above. The BBC radio streams play OK in mplayer but won't play in vlc. What is the solution?