Server blocks VLC?

[Threetimes]

Whet i try to open a mms stream like mms://pctv.chello.com/NL1 (Dutch television) with WMP 11, it works just as expected.

When i try to open it with VLC 0.8.6f Nothing happens for about 15 seconds, and after that i get this error:
Unable to open 'mms://pctv.chello.com/NL1'

Infotmation from the stream:


Can a server block VLC in some way, or is it something with the file format or the protocol?

[rfrf]

* bump *

I'm also having this problem. I'm using VLC 0.9.8a.

This is the message log:

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access_mms error: failed to open a connection (tcp) access_mms error: failed to open a connection (tcp) access_mms error: cannot connect to server access_mms error: cannot connect to pctv.chello.com:80 main error: open of `mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' failed: could not create access

The stream works fine in WMP. Didn't try other players yet.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Give more messages with more verbosity.

[rfrf]

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qt4 debug: New item: mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2 main debug: adding item `mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' ( mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2 ) main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 main debug: starting new item main debug: processing request item mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2 node null skip 0 main debug: resyncing on mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2 main debug: mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2 is at 0 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' main debug: waiting for thread initialization main debug: thread started main debug: `mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' gives access `mms' demux `' path `pctv.chello.com/BBC2' main debug: creating demux: access='mms' demux='' path='pctv.chello.com/BBC2' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates main warning: no access_demux module matched "mms" main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating access 'mms' path='pctv.chello.com/BBC2' main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate access_mms debug: waiting for connection... main debug: thread 5584 (input) created at priority 1 (input/input.c:370) qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 3 main debug: net: connecting to pctv.chello.com port 1755 main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable main warning: connection timed out access_mms error: failed to open a connection (tcp) access_mms debug: waiting for connection... main debug: net: connecting to pctv.chello.com port 1755 main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable main warning: connection timed out access_mms error: failed to open a connection (tcp) access_mms error: cannot connect to server main debug: net: connecting to pctv.chello.com port 80 main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable main warning: connection timed out access_mms error: cannot connect to pctv.chello.com:80 main warning: no access module matching "mms" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_Need() : 15005.001 ms - Total 15005.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15005.000 ms) main debug: waitpipe: object killed main error: open of `mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' failed: could not create access main debug: finished input main debug: dying input qt4 debug: Updating the stream status: 8 main debug: dying input main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m15.104502s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: thread 5584 joined (playlist/engine.c:244) main debug: TIMER input launching for 'mms://pctv.chello.com/BBC2' : 15109.001 ms - Total 15109.001 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15109.000 ms) main debug: starting new item main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play

For the record, the stream isn't DRM protected. When I record the stream with WM Recorder (so basically saving the network packets, not capturing rendered frames like fraps), it plays fine in VLC. Here's a sample: http://members.upc.nl/r.leenheer1/BBC2.asf

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

main debug: net: connecting to pctv.chello.com port 1755
main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable

THis is the issue. VLC doesn't seem to be able to open it.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Either the server is not replying fast enough to TCP connection requests (see ipv4-timeout setting), or there is a bug in the TCP connection handler with the VLC port on your platform.

[rfrf]

The server replies fast enough on Windows Media Player, it starts to buffer well within a second. VLC shows the "Resource temporarily unavailable" almost directly after pressing the play button in the "Open network" window.

I'm using the Windows version of VLC, on both Windows XP Home 32bit and Vista Business x64.

[primetv]

You must enter rtsp://pctv.chello.com/BBC1 to record Chello stream with VLC. But there is small problem, VLC stop recording at about ~9MB.