[MPlayer-users] mplayer fails to build with Live555 library

[Gianluigi Tiesi]

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:24:26AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Josh <joshf87 <at> live.com> writes:
> 
> > On 7/25/2013 19:00, Umar Qureshey wrote:
> > > I am trying to compile a recent svn version of 
> > > mplayer with the latest livemedia library
> > > (http://live555.com/liveMedia/public/) so I can do 
> > > RTSP streaming.  However, the build fails:
> > >
> > MPlayer only supports the sync interface and it was 
> > dropped after Live555 4.30.2013. You'll need to use 
> > 4.30.2013 or older.
> 
> This is correct, before testing with unsupported 
> patches please try:
> $ mplayer ffmpeg://rtsp://your.rtsp.stream/and/its/path
> (with mplayer without live555 support)
> 
> If this does not work, please report back, support is 
> much more likely than for the patch.

If ffmpeg rtsp does work I think it's better to drop live555 at all,
libnemesi is a dead project.
Even with my patch there are problems with newer live555 snapshots,
while old one just works with my patch (there is a post in this list).

Regards

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