Can´t Play ASF Streaming from Linksys WVC54G Network Camera

[cdiaz]

I want to play the video stream from a Linksys WVC54G network camera.
But VLC can´t open the URL http://cameraname/img/video.asf

With Windows Media Player 10, the same url works perfectly.

The strange thing is :

When i record the video with the Linksys utility, i can open it without problems using VLC (and WMP obviously).

I know that the codec used by the network camera to produce the video is MP4S ( Microsoft MPEG 4), but... why i can open the file on the hard disk but i cannot play the stream??

Scenario: Windows XP SP2, VLC 0.8.2-test1, Windows Media Player 10

Linksys WVC54G Network Camera with firmware 2.11

Produce "MPEG 4" video
File Format ASF

Any Clues?

[case23_69]

I have the same exact problem and would appreciate any help!

[[Boris]]

Well, I encounter the same problem on a Macintosh Mac OsX computer...

From the Linsys chat support, Mac is out of our support, we only support PC, the same about Linux & co...

It seems it's a problem linked to the fact it's a stream and not a finished file video format. So I tried this near "solution", I open a download to the stream (http://my.internal.ip/img/video.asf) and open the temporary file (while downloading), I obtain a near real time image and a growing file...

From time to time Vlc stop reading and if I reopen the file (still downloading) Vlc read it from the begining.

Hope those observations will help to find a solution.

[SuiGeneris]

It seems it's a problem linked to the fact it's a stream and not a finished file video format. So I tried this near "solution", I open a download to the stream (http://my.internal.ip/img/video.asf) and open the temporary file (while downloading), I obtain a near real time image and a growing file...

From time to time Vlc stop reading and if I reopen the file (still downloading) Vlc read it from the begining.

Hope those observations will help to find a solution.

Anyone manage to get this to work?

[The DJ]

debug logs.....
Can't say a thing about this without access to the device or at the very least the informtion from the messages window.

[SuiGeneris]

debug logs.....
Can't say a thing about this without access to the device or at the very least the informtion from the messages window.

Is this what you need? viewtopic.php?t=27781

Posted in Mac forum then found this thread.

[SuiGeneris]

debug logs.....
Can't say a thing about this without access to the device or at the very least the informtion from the messages window.

DJ any chance of replying here ?viewtopic.php?t=27781&highlight=\\

I've posted more error messages as I've played with the settings - it still doesn't work.