Need Help w/VLM rtsp streaming

[ggunners]

I've setup a VLM.CONF file called test.vlm that says:

new stream1 broadcast enabled
setup stream1 input udp://@229.7.7.1:4444
setup stream1 output #standard{mux=ts,access=udp,url=229.10.10.1:4444}
control stream1 play

The command line says:

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --ttl 20 -vvv -I telnet --rtsp-host 10.203.71.90:5554 --vlm-conf test.vlm

I can connect to the VLM instance of VLC using telnet to 10.203.71.90:4212 and "show" the stream1 "playing".

When trying to view the stream, I use the command line:
vlc rtsp://10.203.71.90:5554/stream1 and the debug response shows "access_realrtsp error: cannot connect to 10.203.71.90:5554"

When using NETSTAT -a -n on my PC, there is nothing LISTENING on port 5554. What's up?

-- ggunners

[ggunners]

• Is my understanding wrong regarding VLM serving as an rtsp server?
  Is my code wrong?
  Am I trying to do something incorrectly?
  Should I just wait and be patient?

-- ggunners

[dionoea]

remove the output line if you want to do rtsp. Vod streams should only have an input (the output is definied to rtsp://<server ip>:<port>/<stream name>

[ggunners]

Thanks Antoine,

I used the examples in chapter 5 page 38 of the VideoLAN Streaming Howto for "simple broadcasting". All the examples have an output statement.

I'll give it a try without the outputs.

Back again. Tried the test.vlm file without the output and the video plays on the server but the result on a client is still the same. When checking for a listening port at 5554, nothing is listed in NETSTAT. Should VLM be listening on port 5554? If so, why is there no indication in NETSTAT?

On the client PC, we still get the debug listing:

main debug: net: connecting to 10.203.71.90 port 5554
main debug: connection in progress
main debug: connection timed out
access_realrtsp error: cannot connect to 10.203.71.90:5554
access_realrtsp debug: could not connect to: 10.203.71.90:5554/stream1

So maybe I don't understand. Do I need a Real server to make this work or is VLM acting as a realrtsp server?

-- ggunners