DSS Server Troubles

[ids]

I am trying to install a Darwin Streaming Server on a Ubuntu Server Edition machine. I created a sdp file that is in my content folder but I am not able to open the stream in either VLC or Quicktime remotely. The source of the video is from an encoder that is streaming via multicast over the network this server is on. I would like to use VLC to make sure the server is picking up the multicast stream but I only have a command line interface on the box. I know I can start VLC with a number of flags from cli but without any sort of gui on the box can I tell if the box is picking up the stream using VLC?

[ids]

This is the errors I get when trying to open the stream -

macosx debug: using Snow Leopard AR cookies
main debug: thread (check for update) created at priority 0 (misc/update.c:1400)
main debug: thread started
main debug: creating access 'http' path='update.videolan.org/vlc/status-mac-x86'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='update.videolan.org' port=80 file='/vlc/status-mac-x86
main debug: net: connecting to update.videolan.org port 80
macosx debug: notification received in VLC with name VLCOSXGUIInit and object VLCEyeTVSupport
main debug: connection: Operation now in progress
main debug: connection succeeded (socket =
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: text/plain
access_http debug: stream size=434,pos=0,remaining=434
access_http debug: this frame size=434
access_http debug: Server: lighttpd/1.4.19
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 634.382 ms - Total 634.382 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 634.382 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 434 bytes in 0s - 11454 kbytes/s
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main debug: creating access 'http' path='update.videolan.org/vlc/status-mac-x86.asc'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='update.videolan.org' port=80 file='/vlc/status-mac-x86.asc
main debug: net: connecting to update.videolan.org port 80
main debug: connection: Operation now in progress
main debug: connection succeeded (socket =
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: text/plain
access_http debug: stream size=190,pos=0,remaining=190
access_http debug: this frame size=190
access_http debug: Server: lighttpd/1.4.19
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 359.642 ms - Total 359.642 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 359.642 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 190 bytes in 0s - 5798 kbytes/s
main debug: Downloading signature (190 bytes)
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main debug: Unarmoring signature
main: Status file authenticated
main debug: thread ended
main debug: adding item `ch1.sdp' ( rtsp://x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item null node Playlist skip 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'ch1.sdp'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 22 (input/input.c:230)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
main debug: `rtsp://x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp' gives access `rtsp' demux `' path `x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp'
main debug: creating demux: access='rtsp' demux='' path='x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
live555 debug: DESCRIBE failed with 500: cannot handle DESCRIBE response: RTSP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
live555 debug: connection timeout
live555 error: Failed to connect with rtsp://x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp
main warning: no access_demux module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 393.904 ms - Total 393.904 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 393.904 ms)
main debug: creating access 'rtsp' path='x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp'
main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate
main debug: net: connecting to x.x.x.x port 554
main debug: connection: Operation now in progress
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 11)
access_realrtsp debug: rtsp connected
access_realrtsp warning: only real/helix rtsp servers supported for now
main warning: no access module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 226.443 ms - Total 226.443 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 226.443 ms)
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main error: open of `rtsp://x.x.x.x/ch1.sdp' failed: (null)
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'ch1.sdp' : 673.221 ms - Total 673.221 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 673.221 ms)
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[xtophe]

live555 debug: DESCRIBE failed with 500: cannot handle DESCRIBE response: RTSP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
live555 debug: connection timeout

That's quite explicit. Your Dss server answer "Internal Server Error"

And this is a VLC forum, not a DSS forum.