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Hi everyone,

I am trying to make a cctv with vlc using Mosaic.
The cameras provide RSTP streams.

Everything works great ... Except when the connection goes down.
As my cams are streaming over WiFi, there may be a few hicups.

The problem is, when the link is down for more than a few seconds, it doesn't get back into the mosaic (no reconnection to the cam) :


vvv gives THE EOF MESSAGE :

[0x81068b0] main input debug: EOF reached

And doesn't try to reconnect .

I have tried a lot of options, including http reconnect, loop, repeat.

By the way I REALLY need that to work !

With regards,

Hi Tchewy,

Did you (or anyone else) find a solution to this problem? I have also encountered the same problem with an RTSP feed from an IP camera. I have tried with VLM to add a broadcast with loop enabled, and a schedule with repeat set to 0 (i.e. play endlessly). But I still see the same problem as you do, i.e. if the camera disconnects for whatever reason, VLC does not reconnect and restart the stream.

Apologies if this question has been answered elsewhere, but while I have found previous posts on the subject, I haven't seen a solution. Any help would be much appreciated.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

I guess it's kind of expected behavior since VLC thinks the end of the stream has been reached. Is there a setting where you can override that behavior and make VLC try to reconnect when a stream is lost?

used command line mode: add -R option. e.g.
vlc -R rtsp://your ip/file

the R parm doesn't work for me.
I am receiving rtsp streams displayed to a mosaic, and transposed.
When connectivity is lost to the input the video is dropped, and does not reconnect when connectivity is restored.
tried --http-continuous, --repeat, --loop, -R, --http-reconnect

nothing seems to work.

Does anyone have a solution to this?

I'm wondering if anyone solve this issue ?

Tried whith no result

Having the same issue but with HTTP source instead of RTSP. Tried "http-reconnect" and "http-continuous" but no use.

Please can someone tell us how to go about fixing this?

Thank you!

Could you resolve the problem.
I have rtsp camera and if the connection goes down more than 10 sec, VLC cant reconnect it.
I have tried --loop --repeat --http-reconnect --http-continuous but I couldnt .
Please, is very impostant!
Any halp will be appreciated
Thanks

I have used this config :
http://ycsoftware.net/enable-auto-recon ... streaming/
The streaming reconnects only in VLC. My client page with flowplayer doesnt reconnects, it freeze when the streaming goes down and doesnt reconnect when vlc reconnects this streaming.
What can I do ?
Thanks

the solution for me was to exit the process and loop cvlc with --play-and-exit

Was looking for a fix to this and I found one!

Open your stream, then save it as a play list. When you open the playlist, just be sure to select loop. Works perfectly! ^__^

Was looking for a fix to this and I found one!

Open your stream, then save it as a play list. When you open the playlist, just be sure to select loop. Works perfectly! ^__^

And you can go into more detail ... I have collected all the necessary documents.m3u Created a batch file The last vlc normally shows the stream.
I remove the first vlc, run it again and the stream stops showing at this point.