after serveral days (and nights) of trying to get vlc working I'm giving up now.
First of all it is a debian lenny machine I am talking about. In this enviroment I was running in trouble with ffmepg so I decided to update the machine to "testing" where the "problems" are looking a bit different.
What I want to solve in general is to stream a webcam connected locally via usb to a zoneminder server. At this time I'm not quite sure of the right output but think that the following entry could not be wrong in general:
Here are the latest results:
After this vlc replies as follows:vlc -vvv v4l:/dev/video0:size="320x240" --sout #transcode{vcodec=mp4v,venc=ffmpeg}:rtp{dst=192.168.110.232,port=1234,sdp=http://192.168.110.232:8080/test.sdp}' --no-audio --ttl 1
As you maybe can think vlc is installed by a preconfigured .deb package. On the machine itself should run nothing more than vlc so if it would be a good suggestion to change the debian version or the system itself this would be no problem - but on the other side I am quite sure that there is anyone out who can help before doing such a step.VLC media player 1.0.1 Goldeneye
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 1.0.1 Goldeneye - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--config-cache' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=1+b1' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-mad' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=iceape-plugin' '--enable-dvb' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--enable-flac' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--disable-x264' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-dca' '--enable-realrtsp' '--disable-dv' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: checking plugin modules
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/sscadmin/.cache/vlc/plugins-04041e.dat
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: module bank initialized (374 modules)
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc warning: Unable to get HAL device properties
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: opening config file (/home/sscadmin/.config/vlc/vlcrc)
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX 3DNow! FPU
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 3 candidates
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmx"
[0x9115a48] main input debug: Creating an input for 'Media Library'
[0x9115a48] main input debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded options
[0x9115a48] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
[0x9115a48] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
[0x9115a48] main input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' gives access `file' demux `xspf-open' path `/home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0x9115a48] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='/home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0x9119170] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate
[0x9119170] main demux warning: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
[0x9119170] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 18.875 ms - Total 18.875 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 18.875 ms)
[0x9115a48] main input debug: creating access 'file' path='/home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0x911b118] main access debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
[0x911b118] access_file access debug: opening file `/home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0x911b118] main access debug: using access module "access_file"
[0x911b118] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 26.843 ms - Total 26.843 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 26.843 ms)
[0x911b200] main stream debug: Using AStream*Stream
[0x911b200] main stream debug: pre buffering
[0x911b200] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms
[0x911b200] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 296 bytes in 0s - 132 kbytes/s
[0x911b9b0] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates
[0x911b9b0] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 19.683 ms - Total 19.683 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 19.683 ms)
[0x911da70] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
[0x911da70] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
[0x911da70] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 12.014 ms - Total 12.014 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 12.014 ms)
[0x9115a48] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='/home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf'
[0x911e040] main demux debug: looking for demux module: 1 candidate
[0x911e040] playlist demux debug: using XSPF playlist reader
[0x911e040] main demux debug: using demux module "playlist"
[0x911e040] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 16.350 ms - Total 16.350 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 16.350 ms)
[0x9115a48] main input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/sscadmin/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' successfully opened
[0x911e1a0] main xml debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates
[0x911e1a0] main xml debug: using xml module "xml"
[0x911e1a0] main xml debug: TIMER module_need() : 21.610 ms - Total 21.610 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 21.610 ms)
[0x911e040] playlist demux debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully
[0x911e1a0] main xml debug: removing module "xml"
[0x9115a48] main input debug: EOF reached
[0x911e040] main demux debug: removing module "playlist"
[0x911da70] main stream debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
[0x911b118] main access debug: removing module "access_file"
[0x9115a48] main input debug: TIMER input launching for 'Media Library' : 362.403 ms - Total 362.403 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 362.403 ms)
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: Activated
[0x911e1a0] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[0x911e1a0] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[0x911e1a0] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 16.182 ms - Total 16.182 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 16.182 ms)
[0x911e1a0] main interface debug: thread started
[0x911e1a0] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:151)
[0x9119170] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[0x9119170] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
[0x9119170] main interface warning: no interface module matching "inhibit,none" could be loaded
[0x9119170] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 55.210 ms - Total 55.210 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 55.210 ms)
[0x9119170] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc error: interface "inhibit,none" initialization failed
[0x9119170] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[0x9119170] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver"
[0x9119170] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 14.815 ms - Total 14.815 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 14.815 ms)
[0x9119170] main interface debug: thread started
[0x9119170] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:151)
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: adding item `video1:size=320x240' ( v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240 )
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
[0x9119170] screensaver interface warning: failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: using interface module "signals"
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 19.439 ms - Total 19.439 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 19.439 ms)
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: thread started
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: thread ended
[0x91172e8] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:151)
[0x911e358] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 0 candidates
[0x911e358] main interface error: no interface module matched "globalhotkeys,none"
[0x911e358] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 9.649 ms - Total 9.649 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 9.649 ms)
[0x911e358] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0x907b8c0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x911e398] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 4 candidates
[0x911e398] qt4 interface error: Could not connect to X server
[0x911e398] skins2 interface error: Cannot open display
[0x911e398] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
[0x911e398] main interface debug: using interface module "rc"
[0x911e398] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 669.560 ms - Total 669.560 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 669.560 ms)
[0x911e398] main interface debug: thread started
[0x911e398] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:151)
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: processing request item null node Playlist skip 0
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: starting new item
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: creating new input thread
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: Creating an input for 'video1:size=320x240'
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: thread started
[0x912dce0] main stream output debug: stream=`transcode'
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate
[0x912dce0] main stream output debug: stream=`rtp'
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: thread (input) created at priority 10 (input/input.c:230)
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: looking for sout stream module: 1 candidate
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-rtp-dst to 192.168.110.232
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-rtp-port to 1234
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-rtp-sdp to http://192.168.110.232:8080/test.sdp
[0x9130698] main stream out: creating httpd
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: net: listening to 192.168.110.232 port 8080
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_rtp"
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: TIMER module_need() : 252.159 ms - Total 252.159 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 252.159 ms)
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-vcodec to mp4v
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: set config option: sout-transcode-venc to ffmpeg
[0x912e438] stream_out_transcode stream out debug: codec video=mp4v 0x0 scaling: 1.000000 800kb/s
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: using sout stream module "stream_out_transcode"
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: TIMER module_need() : 549.276 ms - Total 549.276 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 549.276 ms)
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: `v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240' gives access `' demux `' path `v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240'
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240'
[0x912e790] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 7 candidates
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.3
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.10 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240 with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240 for reading
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
[0x912e790] dvdnav demux warning: cannot open dvdnav
[0x912e790] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 85.679 ms - Total 85.679 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 85.679 ms)
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: creating access '' path='v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240'
[0x9131590] main access debug: looking for access module: 7 candidates
[0x9131590] vcdx access warning: Can't get file status for v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240:
No such file or directory
[0x9131590] vcdx access warning: could not retrieve file info for `v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240': No such file or directory
[0x9131590] vcdx access warning: can't open nrg image file v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240 for reading
[0x9131590] access_file access debug: opening file `v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240'
[0x9131590] access_file access error: cannot open file v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240 (No such file or directory)
[0x9131590] main access error: File reading failed
[0x9131590] main access error: VLC could not open the file "v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240".
[0x9131590] cdda access warning: could not open v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240
[0x9131590] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 94.271 ms - Total 94.271 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 94.271 ms)
[0x911e6e8] main input error: open of `v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240' failed: no suitable access module
[0x911e6e8] main input error: Your input can't be opened
[0x911e6e8] main input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'v4l:/dev/video1:size=320x240'. Check the log for details.
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: finished input
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: dead input
[0x912dce0] main stream output debug: destroying useless sout
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: destroying chain... (name=transcode)
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: destroying chain... (name=rtp)
[0x9130988] main http server debug: waitpipe: object killed
[0x9130988] main http server debug: HTTP host removed
[0x9130ab8] main http server debug: no hosts left, stopping httpd
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: removing module "stream_out_rtp"
[0x9130698] main stream out debug: destroying chain done
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: removing module "stream_out_transcode"
[0x912e438] main stream out debug: destroying chain done
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: thread ended
[0x911e6e8] main input debug: TIMER input launching for 'video1:size=320x240' : 1034.550 ms - Total 1034.550 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1034.550 ms)
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
[0x9114980] main playlist debug: nothing to play
So if you have any hints for me to make vlc running I'll be very thankful
regards
Stefan