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Hello !

I was using VLC under XP SP2 to view French TV with the Freebox modem.
It was really well working.
I have installed Windows 7, and VLC does not work correctly with Freebox HOME TV.

It founds the M3U play list (http://mafreebox.freebox.fr/freeboxtv/playlist.m3u) i.e. I see the TV channels list in the VLC Play List.
But when I select a channel I get :

Votre média d'entrée ne peut être ouvert:
VLC ne peut pas ouvrir "rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=hd". Vérifiez les messages pour plus de détails.

that is in English something like :

Your input media can't be open:
VLC can't open "rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=hd". Check the messages for more details.

My first question is "which messages"?
Then, is there a way to check this out?

I have tested on two windows 7 : same result.
I have Bitdefender 2010 as antivirus and firewall but its firewall is disabled (it sucks with win7 :<).
I have also a US Robotics router but its configuration has not changed after the windows 7 installation.
I have disabled the windows firewall : same result (Note: VLC is declared in the windows firewall with all the ports open)

Thanks for your help

Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2)

Hello,

I found the debug messages but it's difficult for me to understand this trace.
Below, I copy an extract from it which seems periodic:
What do you think about it?
Is there something I must enable or disable to get it work?

Thanks


main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Liste de lecture
main debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item France 2 node Chaînes Freebox TV (free.fr) skip 0
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Chaînes Freebox TV (free.fr)
main debug: rebuild done - 412 items, index 1

main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'France 2 '
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Bill\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd' gives access `rtsp' demux `' path `mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd'
main debug: creating demux: access='rtsp' demux='' path='mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
live555 debug: RTP subsession 'video/MP2T'
live555 error: SETUP of'video/MP2T' failed Failed to read response: Unknown error
live555 debug: setup start: 0.000000 stop:0.000000
live555 error: Nothing to play for rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd
main warning: no access_demux module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 21503.001 ms - Total 21503.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 21503.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'rtsp' path='mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd'
main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate
main debug: net: connecting to mafreebox.freebox.fr port 554
main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 2296)
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() : 103.000 ms - Total 103.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 103.000 ms)
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main error: open of `rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd' failed: (null)
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m21.696289s, kernel 0m0.015625s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/412)

live555 error: SETUP of'video/MP2T' failed Failed to read response: Unknown error


reboot your freebox and delete vlc cache

Hello,

I have deleted the directory : "C:\Users\Bill\AppData\Roaming\vlc" and I have reset the FreeBox.
I have launched VLC.
Nothing has really changed.
The trace has changed a little.
The debug trace is a little different. I send you below a copy of a periodic extract.

Thanks

main debug: using item 2
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'France 2 (bas débit)'
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'France 2 ' : 246.000 ms - Total 246.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 246.000 ms)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\Bill\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld' gives access `rtsp' demux `' path `mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld'
main debug: creating demux: access='rtsp' demux='' path='mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
live555 debug: DESCRIBE failed with 0: DESCRIBE send() failed: Unknown error
live555 debug: connection timeout
live555 error: Failed to connect with 'rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld'
main warning: no access_demux module matching "rtsp" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 86.000 ms - Total 86.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 86.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'rtsp' path='mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld'
main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate
main debug: net: connecting to mafreebox.freebox.fr port 554
main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 8404)
main error: Read error: Connection reset by peer
main error: Read error: Connection reset by peer
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() : 70.000 ms - Total 70.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 70.000 ms)
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main error: open of `rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=ld' failed: (null)
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.218750s, kernel 0m0.015625s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 2/412)

You use same VLC version on XP and on 7?

You can watch most channels from the Freebox. I'm using Windows 7.
Don't use the m3u, but go to the Média menu and select Découverte de Services - Chaînes Freebox TV
Then open the playlist / liste de lecture and click on the Chaînes Freebox on the left.
Remark: I only get errors if I try to read the Freebox links with VLC 1.1.0 from the nightly builds, so I stick to the VLC 1.0.3 version.
A shame because the 1.1.0 has a nice feature: The Chaînes Freebox are by default in the playlist, so you don't have to go through the Découverte menu.

Hello,

On XP, versions 0.9.9, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 were working.
On windows 7, none of these are working with the Freebox.
I can't get the channels on my PC.

I have tried an XP since I have windows 7, and it has worked on the XP.

And each time I go to the media/Playlist menu.

My last surprise is : I can watch some of the Shoutcast TV on my windows 7.

I don't understand anything.

Thanks for your help

Hello,

can anyone indicate here on this forum if he can or cannot get television on his Windows 7 using VLC and a Freebox.

Thank you for answering

Hello !

How can I get the VLC 1.1.0 Nightly build in order to test it ?

Thanks

How can I get the VLC 1.1.0 Nightly build in order to test it ?

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win32/?C=M;O=D trunks are 1.1.0

It still doesn't work with VLC 1.1.0
I think Windows Seven is responsible of this mess.
And nobody seems to have tested it with Windows Seven.
No one seems to know how to fix that.

Works fine here. THe issue is your freebox. Reboot both of them.

Hello,

what does "461 Unsupported Transport" mean?
This error code is shown in the following error log.

live555 debug: RTP subsession 'video/MP2T'
live555 error: SETUP of'video/MP2T' failed SETUP: cannot handle response: RTSP/1.0 461 Unsupported Transport
live555 debug: setup start: 0.000000 stop:0.000000
live555 error: Nothing to play for rtsp://mafreebox.freebox.fr/fbxtv_pub/stream?namespace=1&service=201&flavour=sd

Rebooting the freebox does not change anything.

thanx

Might be a live555 bug.