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Hey guys.. i need little help to improve my Project..


• I have windows XP SP2

• I start the telnet interface of vlc with the command shown below..
• After that through telnet i add a video file as VoD using commands below..
ALL THE ABOVE THINGS ARE SUCCESSFULLY DONE..

I test whether the vod streaming works by opening VLC and opening the addresses..

rtsp://localhost:5554/oneway
rtsp://127.0.0.1:5554/oneway
rtsp://192.168.1.6:5554/oneway ( my computers local ip )

The video streams perfectly and i can seek and do all stuff..


THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN I TRY TO OPEN THE STREAM FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER IN THE INTERNET..

• I get my public IP using whatsmyip.com .... OK
• I setup my firewall to allow port 5554... OK
• I setup my router to allow port 5554... OK
• Using canyouseeme.org i check all the above and it says ok... OK


so i gave my friend this MRL...

rtsp://117.36.56.12:5554/oneway

(117.36.56.12 - my public ip at that time )

BUT HE CANT OPEN THE STREAM.. HIS VLC SAYS IT CANT CONNECT.....


Please some one help on this...

in --rtsp-host 0.0.0.0:5554 replace 0.0.0.0 with 192.168.1.6
But a firewall may also block your connection from the outside world.

Yes.. i tried that still not working..

Do i need to forward anymore ports other than 5554...?


I really want to make this work...

See the VLC VoD Helper in this same section.. thats my project..

if port 5554 is correctly forwarded, the rtsp communication should be ok, and you should see a response from the server
But the video, on other ports, may be blocked.
your router and firewall must support rtsp streaming.

Hey thanks for the replies...

Please help with these..

• How to find out if my router supports RTSP ?

• How to setup and output option to my VoD ?

for input i do.. (via telnet interface)

setup oneway input "file://D:/oneway.mp4"

for output ? (please help)

setup oneway output "???"

• Does VLC still support RTSP vod serving.. ?

no need to specify an output for vod

rtsp will most likely not work over a NAT router.
AFAIK, VLC will tell the client the private network address (192.168.1.6) to get the video and not you public address.