VLC 2.0.X not playing rtmp / rtsp streams

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The problem (I could post whole output)
I'v tried more versions ,1.1.3 , 2.0.0 , 2.0.1 few ffmpeg versions - nothink helps.

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vlc -vvv -I telnet "rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv"

(or any other rtmp / rtsp stream reportedly working on other systems (*ubuntu, windows) mine is gentoo)

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[0x617ab8] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1 [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: playlist threads correctly activated [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: adding item `rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv' ( rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv ) [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null)) [0x6e5b08] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path '/tmp' [0x6e5b08] main input debug: `rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv' gives access `rtmp' demux `' path `91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv' [0x6e5b08] main input debug: creating demux: access='rtmp' demux='' location='91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv' file='(null)' [0x6cae88] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates [0x6cae88] main demux debug: no access_demux module matched "rtmp" [0x6cae88] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.079 ms - Total 0.079 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.079 ms) [0x6e5b08] main input debug: creating access 'rtmp' location='91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv', path='(null)' [0x6ed8f8] main access debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate [0x6c86f8] [telnet] lua interface: Listening on host "telnet://localhost:4212". [0x6c86f8] [telnet] main interface debug: net: listening to localhost port 4212 Using network protocols without global network initialization. Please use avformat_network_init(), this will become mandatory later. Closing connection: NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound [0x6ed8f8] access_avio access error: Failed to open rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv: Operation not permitted [0x6ed8f8] main access debug: no access module matching "rtmp" could be loaded [0x6ed8f8] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 42.954 ms - Total 42.954 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 42.954 ms) [0x6e5b08] main input error: open of `rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv' failed [0x6e5b08] main input error: Your input can't be opened [0x6e5b08] main input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtmp://91.103.163.202/live/metropoltv'. Check the log for details. [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: finished input [0x617ab8] main playlist debug: dead input

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VLC Installed versions: 2.0.1(09:54:28 05/09/12)(X a52 aac aalib alsa atmo avahi avcodec avformat bidi bluray cdda cddb dbus dirac dts dvb dvbpsi dvd elibc_glibc encode fbosd ffmpeg flac fluidsynth fontconfig gcrypt gme gnutls growl httpd kate libass libcaca libproxy libsamplerate libtiger linsys live lua matroska mmx modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack ncurses ogg omxil optimisememory png postproc pvr rtsp shine shout sid speex sqlite sse switcher swscale taglib theora truetype twolame udev upnp v4l vaapi vcdx vlm vorbis wma-fixed x264 xml xosd zvbi -altivec -audioqueue -dc1394 -debug -direct2d -directfb -directx -dshow -dxva2 -egl -gnome -ieee1394 -ios-vout -jack -kde -libnotify -libtar -lirc -macosx -macosx-audio -macosx-dialog-provider -macosx-eyetv -macosx-qtkit -macosx-quartztext -macosx-vout -media-library -neon -opengl -oss -portaudio -projectm -pulseaudio -qt4 -run-as-root -samba -schroedinger -sdl -sdl-image -skins -svg -waveout -win32codecs -wingdi -xcb -xv) FFMPEG Installed versions: 0.10.2(09:02:07 05/09/12)(3dnow 3dnowext aac aacplus alsa amr ass avx bzip2 cdio dirac encode faac fftools_aviocat fftools_cws2fws fftools_ffeval fftools_graph2dot fftools_ismindex fftools_pktdumper fftools_qt-faststart fftools_trasher frei0r gnutls hardcoded-tables jack libv4l mmx mmxext modplug mp3 network pic rtmp schroedinger speex ssse3 theora threads truetype v4l vorbis vpx x264 xvid zlib -X -altivec -bindist -celt -cpudetection -debug -doc -gsm -ieee1394 -jpeg2k -neon -openal -openssl -oss -pulseaudio -sdl -static-libs -test -vaapi -vdpau -vis)

[kmf31]

I am not sure why but your rtmp stream plays nicely with my version of vlc-2.0.1 in opensuse, either the original opensuse binary from videolan or a version of vlc-2.0.1 which I have compiled myself.

I can only suppose that may be the support for the live555 streaming library is missing ?
At least for rtsp this library is necessary.

With the opensuse binaries there was some time ago a build problem such vlc the live555 support was not compiled in this version but this is solved for some time now.

The question is if there is a similar build problem for the gentoo binaries ?

In any case this is not a vlc bug or problem as such but a build problem for your distribution.

You can try to compile vlc yourself with live555 support enabled.


You may for example check if the file "liblive555_plugin.so" is present in the folder

/usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux/

assuming that vlc is installed in the /usr tree on a 64bit linux version.

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Yeah, I know that rtmp depending on live555 , but live flag is enabled ,vlc is compiled with it, and tools for checking library dependencies showing no problems ...., I'll go post this think on gentoo forums too, it could be gentoo - related, my friend with ubuntu system can play this stream too, with no problems , so, will see ....thank you

liblive555_plugin.so is in its desired place , could you please post content of your /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux/ ?

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Yeah, I know that rtmp depending on live555, but live flag is enabled

This was also the case on the broken opensuse binaries, i.e. the ./configure options indeed included live555 but the configure script could not find the libarary files of live555.

liblive555_plugin.so is in its desired place

however in this case it should be okay.

could you please post content of your /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux/ ?

A good idea to look for the other modules:
Here for the opensuse-vlc binary:

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ls /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux/ libaiff_plugin.so libmjpeg_plugin.so librawvid_plugin.so libasf_plugin.so libmkv_plugin.so libreal_plugin.so libau_plugin.so libmod_plugin.so libsmf_plugin.so libavformat_plugin.so libmp4_plugin.so libsubtitle_plugin.so libavi_plugin.so libmpgv_plugin.so libts_plugin.so libdemux_cdg_plugin.so libnsc_plugin.so libtta_plugin.so libdemuxdump_plugin.so libnsv_plugin.so libty_plugin.so libdemux_stl_plugin.so libnuv_plugin.so libvc1_plugin.so libdirac_plugin.so libogg_plugin.so libvobsub_plugin.so libes_plugin.so libplaylist_plugin.so libvoc_plugin.so libflacsys_plugin.so libps_plugin.so libwav_plugin.so libh264_plugin.so libpva_plugin.so libxa_plugin.so libimage_plugin.so librawaud_plugin.so liblive555_plugin.so librawdv_plugin.so

and here for the vlc version I compiled myself:

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ls <vlc_tree>/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux/ libaiff_plugin.la liblive555_plugin.la librawvid_plugin.la libaiff_plugin.so liblive555_plugin.so librawvid_plugin.so libasf_plugin.la libmjpeg_plugin.la libreal_plugin.la libasf_plugin.so libmjpeg_plugin.so libreal_plugin.so libau_plugin.la libmp4_plugin.la libsmf_plugin.la libau_plugin.so libmp4_plugin.so libsmf_plugin.so libavformat_plugin.la libmpgv_plugin.la libsubtitle_plugin.la libavformat_plugin.so libmpgv_plugin.so libsubtitle_plugin.so libavi_plugin.la libnsc_plugin.la libts_plugin.la libavi_plugin.so libnsc_plugin.so libts_plugin.so libdemux_cdg_plugin.la libnsv_plugin.la libtta_plugin.la libdemux_cdg_plugin.so libnsv_plugin.so libtta_plugin.so libdemuxdump_plugin.la libnuv_plugin.la libty_plugin.la libdemuxdump_plugin.so libnuv_plugin.so libty_plugin.so libdemux_stl_plugin.la libogg_plugin.la libvc1_plugin.la libdemux_stl_plugin.so libogg_plugin.so libvc1_plugin.so libdirac_plugin.la libplaylist_plugin.la libvobsub_plugin.la libdirac_plugin.so libplaylist_plugin.so libvobsub_plugin.so libes_plugin.la libps_plugin.la libvoc_plugin.la libes_plugin.so libps_plugin.so libvoc_plugin.so libflacsys_plugin.la libpva_plugin.la libwav_plugin.la libflacsys_plugin.so libpva_plugin.so libwav_plugin.so libh264_plugin.la librawaud_plugin.la libxa_plugin.la libh264_plugin.so librawaud_plugin.so libxa_plugin.so libimage_plugin.la librawdv_plugin.la libimage_plugin.so librawdv_plugin.so

which strangly contains much more plugins.

In any case, both binary versions are able to play your rtmp stream.

I also suggest to start vlc with the verbose option -vvv to capture very detailed messages, especially about missing modules.


Another thing: Do not forget to check the firewall configuration. For rtsp this is indeed important (either open the appropriate IP number at least for udp ports or use rtsp-conntrack:
http://mike.it-loops.com/rtsp/ ).
For rtmp the situation is easier since a standard firewall configuration should work (my case), i.e. outgoing traffic is open and ingoing traffic is allowed for related or established connections.
However, who knows if Gentoo uses per default a paranoiac firewall configuration (with filtering of outgoing traffic or other strange things) ? It is worthwhile to verify.

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Thanks for all informations !

Vlc instaltion including compilation (on gentoo) so , if live flag is enabled , then portage will add --with-live555 to configure , which should stop, if cant find this library ....

Firewall disabled - so this is not case.

- log in first post is with -vvv option (only the important part)

libraries : ...../demux folder - mine is same (doubt the subtitles library will do this )

What i found - no rtmp module in whole /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/
can I see yours ?

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find /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/ -name rtmp*

[kmf31]

Vlc instaltion including compilation (on gentoo) so , if live flag is enabled , then portage will add --with-live555 to configure , which should stop, if cant find this library ....

Actually, No. I already made the experience that the configure script of vlc finds the live555 headerfiles but that he library files are not found and in this case the configuration and compilation of vlc simply continues without live555. However, if you have the live555 plugin this should not be your problem.

What i found - no rtmp module in whole /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/
can I see yours ?

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find /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/ -name rtmp*

I think there is no rtmp module as such.

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ls /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/* /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/plugins.dat /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/3dnow: libmemcpy3dn_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/access: libaccess_alsa_plugin.so libdc1394_plugin.so libaccess_attachment_plugin.so libdtv_plugin.so libaccess_avio_plugin.so libdvdnav_plugin.so libaccess_bd_plugin.so libdvdread_plugin.so libaccess_dv_plugin.so libfilesystem_plugin.so libaccess_ftp_plugin.so libidummy_plugin.so libaccess_http_plugin.so liblibbluray_plugin.so libaccess_imem_plugin.so liblinsys_hdsdi_plugin.so libaccess_jack_plugin.so liblinsys_sdi_plugin.so libaccess_mms_plugin.so libpulsesrc_plugin.so libaccess_mtp_plugin.so libpvr_plugin.so libaccess_oss_plugin.so librtp_plugin.so libaccess_rar_plugin.so libsdp_plugin.so libaccess_realrtsp_plugin.so libstream_filter_rar_plugin.so libaccess_shm_plugin.so libv4l2_plugin.so libaccess_smb_plugin.so libvcd_plugin.so libaccess_tcp_plugin.so libvcdx_plugin.so libaccess_udp_plugin.so libxcb_screen_plugin.so libaccess_vdr_plugin.so libzip_plugin.so libcdda_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/access_output: libaccess_output_dummy_plugin.so libaccess_output_livehttp_plugin.so libaccess_output_file_plugin.so libaccess_output_shout_plugin.so libaccess_output_http_plugin.so libaccess_output_udp_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/audio_filter: liba52tofloat32_plugin.so libkaraoke_plugin.so liba52tospdif_plugin.so libmono_plugin.so libaudiobargraph_a_plugin.so libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so libaudio_format_plugin.so libnormvol_plugin.so libchorus_flanger_plugin.so libparam_eq_plugin.so libcompressor_plugin.so libsamplerate_plugin.so libconverter_fixed_plugin.so libscaletempo_plugin.so libdolby_surround_decoder_plugin.so libsimple_channel_mixer_plugin.so libdtstofloat32_plugin.so libspatializer_plugin.so libdtstospdif_plugin.so libspeex_resampler_plugin.so libequalizer_plugin.so libtrivial_channel_mixer_plugin.so libheadphone_channel_mixer_plugin.so libugly_resampler_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/audio_mixer: libfixed32_mixer_plugin.so libfloat32_mixer_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/audio_output: libadummy_plugin.so libaout_file_plugin.so libpulse_plugin.so libalsa_plugin.so libjack_plugin.so libamem_plugin.so liboss_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/codec: liba52_plugin.so libflac_plugin.so libstl_plugin.so libadpcm_plugin.so libfluidsynth_plugin.so libsubsdec_plugin.so libaes3_plugin.so libkate_plugin.so libsubsusf_plugin.so libaraw_plugin.so liblibass_plugin.so libsvcdsub_plugin.so libavcodec_plugin.so liblibmpeg2_plugin.so libt140_plugin.so libcc_plugin.so liblpcm_plugin.so libtelx_plugin.so libcdg_plugin.so libmpeg_audio_plugin.so libtheora_plugin.so libcvdsub_plugin.so libpng_plugin.so libtwolame_plugin.so libddummy_plugin.so librawvideo_plugin.so libvorbis_plugin.so libdts_plugin.so librealvideo_plugin.so libx264_plugin.so libdvbsub_plugin.so libschroedinger_plugin.so libzvbi_plugin.so libedummy_plugin.so libspeex_plugin.so libfaad_plugin.so libspudec_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/control: libdbus_plugin.so libglobalhotkeys_plugin.so libmotion_plugin.so libdummy_plugin.so libhotkeys_plugin.so libnetsync_plugin.so libgestures_plugin.so liblirc_plugin.so liboldrc_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/demux: libaiff_plugin.so libmjpeg_plugin.so librawvid_plugin.so libasf_plugin.so libmkv_plugin.so libreal_plugin.so libau_plugin.so libmod_plugin.so libsmf_plugin.so libavformat_plugin.so libmp4_plugin.so libsubtitle_plugin.so libavi_plugin.so libmpgv_plugin.so libts_plugin.so libdemux_cdg_plugin.so libnsc_plugin.so libtta_plugin.so libdemuxdump_plugin.so libnsv_plugin.so libty_plugin.so libdemux_stl_plugin.so libnuv_plugin.so libvc1_plugin.so libdirac_plugin.so libogg_plugin.so libvobsub_plugin.so libes_plugin.so libplaylist_plugin.so libvoc_plugin.so libflacsys_plugin.so libps_plugin.so libwav_plugin.so libh264_plugin.so libpva_plugin.so libxa_plugin.so libimage_plugin.so librawaud_plugin.so liblive555_plugin.so librawdv_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/gui: libncurses_plugin.so libqt4_plugin.so libskins2_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/lua: liblua_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/media_library: /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/meta_engine: libfolder_plugin.so libtaglib_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/misc: libaudioscrobbler_plugin.so libosd_parser_plugin.so libexport_plugin.so libstats_plugin.so libgnutls_plugin.so libvod_rtsp_plugin.so libinhibit_plugin.so libxdg_screensaver_plugin.so liblogger_plugin.so libxml_plugin.so libmemcpy_plugin.so libxscreensaver_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/mmx: libi420_rgb_mmx_plugin.so libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so libi420_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so libmemcpymmx_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/mmxext: libmemcpymmxext_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/mux: libmux_asf_plugin.so libmux_mp4_plugin.so libmux_ps_plugin.so libmux_avi_plugin.so libmux_mpjpeg_plugin.so libmux_ts_plugin.so libmux_dummy_plugin.so libmux_ogg_plugin.so libmux_wav_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/notify: libnotify_plugin.so libtelepathy_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/packetizer: libpacketizer_copy_plugin.so libpacketizer_mpeg4audio_plugin.so libpacketizer_dirac_plugin.so libpacketizer_mpeg4video_plugin.so libpacketizer_flac_plugin.so libpacketizer_mpegvideo_plugin.so libpacketizer_h264_plugin.so libpacketizer_vc1_plugin.so libpacketizer_mlp_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/services_discovery: libbonjour_plugin.so libpodcast_plugin.so libudev_plugin.so libmediadirs_plugin.so libpulselist_plugin.so libupnp_plugin.so libmtp_plugin.so libsap_plugin.so libxcb_apps_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/sse2: libi420_rgb_sse2_plugin.so libi422_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so libi420_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/stream_filter: libdecomp_plugin.so libstream_filter_httplive_plugin.so libstream_filter_dash_plugin.so libstream_filter_record_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/stream_out: libstream_out_autodel_plugin.so libstream_out_mosaic_bridge_plugin.so libstream_out_bridge_plugin.so libstream_out_raop_plugin.so libstream_out_delay_plugin.so libstream_out_record_plugin.so libstream_out_description_plugin.so libstream_out_rtp_plugin.so libstream_out_display_plugin.so libstream_out_select_plugin.so libstream_out_dummy_plugin.so libstream_out_setid_plugin.so libstream_out_duplicate_plugin.so libstream_out_smem_plugin.so libstream_out_es_plugin.so libstream_out_standard_plugin.so libstream_out_gather_plugin.so libstream_out_transcode_plugin.so libstream_out_langfromtelx_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/text_renderer: libfreetype_plugin.so libsvg_plugin.so libtdummy_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/video_chroma: libgrey_yuv_plugin.so libi422_i420_plugin.so libyuy2_i420_plugin.so libi420_rgb_plugin.so libi422_yuy2_plugin.so libyuy2_i422_plugin.so libi420_yuy2_plugin.so librv32_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/video_filter: libadjust_plugin.so libmarq_plugin.so libalphamask_plugin.so libmirror_plugin.so libantiflicker_plugin.so libmosaic_plugin.so libatmo_plugin.so libmotionblur_plugin.so libaudiobargraph_v_plugin.so libmotiondetect_plugin.so libball_plugin.so libosdmenu_plugin.so libblendbench_plugin.so libpanoramix_plugin.so libblend_plugin.so libposterize_plugin.so libbluescreen_plugin.so libpostproc_plugin.so libcanvas_plugin.so libpsychedelic_plugin.so libchain_plugin.so libpuzzle_plugin.so libclone_plugin.so libremoteosd_plugin.so libcolorthres_plugin.so libripple_plugin.so libcroppadd_plugin.so librotate_plugin.so libdeinterlace_plugin.so librss_plugin.so libdynamicoverlay_plugin.so libscale_plugin.so liberase_plugin.so libscene_plugin.so libextract_plugin.so libsepia_plugin.so libgaussianblur_plugin.so libsharpen_plugin.so libgradfun_plugin.so libsubsdelay_plugin.so libgradient_plugin.so libswscale_plugin.so libgrain_plugin.so libtransform_plugin.so libhqdn3d_plugin.so libwall_plugin.so libinvert_plugin.so libwave_plugin.so liblogo_plugin.so libyuvp_plugin.so libmagnify_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/video_output: libaa_plugin.so libvmem_plugin.so libxcb_x11_plugin.so libcaca_plugin.so libvout_sdl_plugin.so libxcb_xv_plugin.so libfb_plugin.so libxcb_glx_plugin.so libyuv_plugin.so libvdummy_plugin.so libxcb_window_plugin.so /usr/lib64/vlc/plugins/visualization: libvisual_plugin.so

The problem may also be related to the ffmpeg version or the way ffmpeg was build because you need the flash support for your rtmp stream.