[MPlayer-users] Re: Mplayer as a Client for VideoLAN server

[Ross Finlayson]

>The output is attached below - It looks like I need to create an SDP file 
>and use it
>instead - since videolan doesn't provide SDP information. I think the 
>network is
>unreachable message is a mis-nomer

No, it's not.  The problem really is that the network is unreachable - 
because the IP address in your URL is not real!

>I tried with both mplayer -V rtsp://234.5.6.7:1234 and mplayer -V
>rtsp://@234.5.6.7:1234

The version with "@" is wrong.  However, the problem is that
         234.5.6.7
is an unused IP (i.e., unrouted) address.  Where did you get that URL - 
it's not valid!  (Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the port number "1234" 
is bogus also.)

>AFAIK, videolan uses more or less standards complaint MPEG2-TS wrapped in 
>UDP packets sent as either multicast or unicast.

Yes, but does its server support RTSP?  I.e., what made you think that 
"rtsp://234.5.6.7:1234" is a valid URL for playing that stream?

         Ross.