VLC has problem with rtsp from IP Camera

[jvideo1]

I have a problem which may be due to the IP camera, and may be due to VLC, can anyone suggest an approach to figuring this out?

I am using VLC on Windows 10 to display the live video stream (rtsp:// format) from an IP camera. I have tried it with several different devices and it works fine on most of the IP cameras I have tried. First I use the Windows ONVIF Device Manager program to open the camera and find out what the exact rtsp link is for that camera, then I copy and paste that into VLC Media->Open Network Stream... and it works. However there is one video camera which VLC refuses to play, saying the stream cannot be opened.

Now normally I would assume either the link is wrong, or the camera is bad, but I have a simple program of my own (Python / OpenCV on a Linux box) that works OK with this exact rtsp link, as well as with my other IP cameras. Also the "Bluecherry DVR" linux software also works OK with the same link. Also the Windows ONVIF program shows the video, only VLC can't open it, and yet VLC still works fine with rtsp links with various other IP cameras I have. Any ideas what could cause this?

EDIT: this camera does have username/password authentication in the rtsp URL, so maybe it is this issue? https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=44780

[jvideo1]

For what it's worth, the RTSP link that works elsewhere but not in VLC is

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rtsp://MyUsername:MyPassword@192.168.1.10:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

(of course, with the actual username and password)

[jvideo1]

UPDATE: tried it again today and now it works, both from the Win10 box, and also VLC on an Android tablet. No idea why it didn't work before but does now.