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I need to scream!

Been trying to get ANYTHING to stream to Quicktime over HTTP. No joy whatsoever, Quicktime always waits a second, and then says "Invalid URL".

Is HTTP streaming even possible? I have tried every codec and container under the sun with no joy.

Do I have to use RTSP? In which case, does VideoLAN have enough support already, or will I need to use something like IceCast or Darwin?

I'm using VLC with Darwin, no issues. Works great.

Over HTTP, or RTSP?

What codec and mux are you using?

ps. I should have stipulated this is LIVE streaming.

Sorry for the delay. Using rtsp, live streaming from a webcam to quicktime player or plugin/activex on the client side, transcoding to mp4v and mp4a

Like:
Just open rtsp://127.0.0.1:9000/test.sdp in QuickTime

Like:

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:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=256,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=1}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://127.0.0.1:9000/test.sdp}

Just open rtsp://127.0.0.1:9000/test.sdp in QuickTime

This work on local computer and doesn't even use darwin, isn't it ?
Does anybody succeeded streaming live to a distant darwin server ?
I don't find which configuration I have to give to darwin, which port I have to open in the server firewall (except 554, 7070, 8000 and 8001 which are use for users to listen)

A last thing, after some test it seems to me that it is impossible for somebody behind a NAT (that he can't configure) to use rtsp and so for vod he can't navigate in the file (because he has to use simple http), am I right ?
Thanks
Timothe