--rtsp-tcp has no effect

[kamil_o]

Hello,

I've embedded VLC plugin on a website to play RTSP H.264 live video from webcam.

Everything works fine except --rtsp-tcp command line option. It should force VLC to use TCP as transport.

Here is what I expect to happen:
VLC plugin connects to camera and requests interleaved mode (TCP transport).

Here is what really happens:
1. VLC connects using UDP, which fails because it can't go through NAT.
2. VLC then tries TCP which works.

The problem is that no matter if I use --rtsp-tcp or not, VLC always tries UDP first then TCP. It takes a considerable amount of time before video appears.

Here is part of code which I use to embed VLC:

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<embed type="application/x-vlc-plugin" pluginspage="http://www.videolan.org" version="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2" width="100%" height="85%" id="vlc"> </embed> <script language="Javascript"> var vlc=document.getElementById("vlc"); var id=vlc.playlist.add("rtsp://<path_to_rtsp_stream>", "somename", "--rtsp-tcp"); vlc.playlist.playItem(id);

Any help?

Thanks

[svkpd]

same problem, any help how to fix it?

[sphelan]

I'm looking for how to do this as well. If either of you have figured this out please post back. Thanks!

[sphelan]

changed it to :rtsp-tcp and that worked

[valledelagrimas]

My friends, I tested with the following command line with complete success. Take care about the order where you put the --rtsp-tcp because if you put this option to the end of the command line, the protocol will be IGMP not TCP. Here you have the solution,

vlc.exe -I telnet --telnet-host=localhost --rtsp-tcp --telnet-port=4212 --telnet-password="admin"