vlc plugin not working with streaming multicast

[olavk]

The vlc plugin does not work with udp (multicast?) stream : just black screen saying 'Waiting for video'.
The plugin works with inline streaming at http://vlc.revolunet.com/.
The vlc external player can play the same m3u-url as fed inline, so the firewall is opened.
This is vlc 1.0.0 and firefox 3.0.10 and windows XP or Vista.
Previous 0.9 worked for linux and some window systems, but 1.0.0 does
plugin not work at all with this stream.
Traceing shows that the m3u-file is picked up, but I don't know if that is by browser or plugin.

regards
Olav

the embedding is :
<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin" id="vlc" name="vlc" autoplay="yes" loop="no" width="1024" height="576"
src="m3u.php?channelgroup=Forskning&channel=GRnet Cine" />

the m3u looks like this :'
Server: Apache/2.0.54
Content-Type: audio/x-mpegurl
Client-Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:20 GMT
Client-Peer: 158.38.130.17:80
Client-Response-Num: 1
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10-22

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:0,GRnet Cine
udp://@233.21.32.20:1234

[thannoy]

Maybe related to a more global playlist issue: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=61042
Try to directly set the udp://@ip:port URL instead of the playlist to check this.

[olavk]

Yes, giving the direct url did work both on windows and linux in firefox and opera with vlc 1.0.0.
We tried the playlist-approach because we imagined some content description was needed,
but could not get SDP to work, so we ended up with at one line m3u anyhow.
Aslo mpeg-ts seems to be readlily recognized by the vlc-player so then that's OK by now.

Thank you very much

[sumner]

I noticed this today when attempting to view the live NASA feed of the shuttle launch: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/live_tv.html. In previous versions after a short delay, the stream would start playing after a short pause. (Note: I use the latest version of Firefox running on Windows XP Home SP3.) After upgrading to 1.0.0 Goldeneye, only "Waiting for video" is displayed. If a launch a separate instance of the VLC Media Player and input the network stream directly (example: http://www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx), the video stream plays as expected.

Is there any way to tell if the VideoLAN/Mozilla Firefox plugin is installed correctly? For instance, what entry in the Firefox/Options/Applications table would I expect to see? And if the plugin is installed, how can I test it?

[thannoy]

The "Waiting for video" text if written by VLC plugin, so it is installed correctly. Maybe this link can help you test the plugin (untested):
http://vlc.revolunet.com/simple.html

[sumner]

The "Waiting for video" text if written by VLC plugin, so it is installed correctly. Maybe this link can help you test the plugin (untested):
http://vlc.revolunet.com/simple.html

Thanks for the tip. I browsed the above site; a short clip played successfully from within the browser. Can anyone confirm that they can play public NASA TV streaming video from within Mozilla Firefox 3.5 with the VLC plugin?

[macd]

I've installed VLC y'day, today NASA TV didn't work. I uninstalled VLC and then re-installed without the mozilla plugin..now its working fine. Try without the mozilla plug-in..

[sumner]

I've installed VLC y'day, today NASA TV didn't work. I uninstalled VLC and then re-installed without the mozilla plugin..now its working fine. Try without the mozilla plug-in..

Thanks! First I tried just disabling the VLC plug-in in Firefox. The "Waiting for video" message was no longer displayed; but no video played either. I then uninstalled VideoLAN VLC as you suggested. Now NASA TV video plays inside the Firefox 3.5 browser. It's using the Windows Media Player plug-in by default.

Looks like the VLC Mozilla plug-in has lost the ability to play certain network streams in 1.0.0. There is also the possibility that this issue is due to Firefox 3.5, since I upgraded to the latest version of the browser around the same time.