[MPlayer-users] RTSP streaming under Linux...

Roberto Togni r_togni at tiscali.it
Tue Jul 11 21:10:18 CEST 2006


On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 12:36:56 -0400
"Omair Muhi Kanwar" <omairmuhi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I have been trying hard to get live networks streams (in particular RTSP
> streams) working and was able to run them using mplayer. But there is this
> one rtsp link (* **rtsp://69.59.162.108/watchislam* ) that works
> straightaway on Winodws Media Player under Windows, but fails to run in
> mplayer under Linux.
> 
> Can anyone check to see if it this particular rtsp stream runs on their
> Linux box?
> 
> If yes, how did you do it?
> 
> If no, any ideas why it works under Windows and not Linux and how could you
> run it under Linux?
> 
> The link, again, is:
> 
> *rtsp://69.59.162.108/watchislam*
> 
> and it's not broken or anything since it works fine under Windows Media
> Player in Windows.
> 

That is microsoft variation of rtsp streaming protocol, and it's
currently not supported. I have no idea if other open source players
supports it, afaik no.

Ciao,
 Roberto



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