[streaming] Re: VLC VoD Server -- does it *work*?

[Michel Van den Bergh]

Calin A. Culianu wrote:

>
> I don't understand how VLC client can be working for you guys when
> there is code explicitly in the client (even in 0.8.5) which *rejects*
> servers that don't have the identification string "Real" or "Helix". 
> VLC Server seems to have the identification string "VLC Server", so
> the client *rejects* the server!!


If this is the problem why don't you just fix it yourself. It seems like
a trivial thing.

Cheers,
Michel

>
> I will try quicktime -- maybe it will work better.  But you tell me
> 0.8.4a works best as server, eh?
>
> PS:  I'm on Linux -- there shouldn't be a difference between Linux and
> Windows but I am going so crazy I think I may try Windows next..
>
> -Calin
>
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Pushkal Mishra wrote:
>
>> Hi Calin,
>>
>> I used VLC client (browser plugin - IE and FF), with VLC server with
>> success. VLC version 0.8.4a was best in my experience so far from a
>> server
>> perspective (0.8.5 could not replay the stream after a pause, instead it
>> restarted the RTSP stream).
>>
>> VLC client is always 0.8.5 on my end.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pushkal
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: streaming-bounce at videolan.org
>> [mailto:streaming-bounce at videolan.org]
>> On Behalf Of Mait Mandel
>> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:10 AM
>> To: streaming at videolan.org
>> Subject: [streaming] Re: VLC VoD Server -- does it *work*?
>>
>> hey,
>>
>> try quicktime player.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: streaming-bounce at videolan.org
>> [mailto:streaming-bounce at videolan.org] On Behalf Of Calin A. Culianu
>> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:57 AM
>> To: vlc at videolan.org; vlc at videolan.org
>> Subject: [streaming] VLC VoD Server -- does it *work*?
>>
>>
>> I can't get VLC Video On Demand to work at all (using rtsp).  If I use
>> vlc
>> as the server and vlc as the client (basically vlc talking to vlc) for
>> rtsp:// VoD, the client barfs and aborts the play attempt because it
>> complains that it isn't a "Real/Helix" vlc server.
>>
>> Some investigation into the sources revealed that basically the client
>> rtsp access plugin expects the server string to contain "Real" or
>> "Helix"
>> and if it doesn't it fails (modules/access/rtsp/access.c line 202 or
>> so).
>>
>> However, the VLC VoD RTSP server string is "VLC Server".
>>
>> Also, RealPlayer, mplayer, WMP also refuse to play rtsp urls's from
>> a vlc server.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Does anyone else find it strange that the vlc client can't
>> talk to the vlc server?  How did other people get VoD over rtsp
>> working?!
>>
>> PS: I am using 0.8.5 and 0.8.6 svn.
>>
>> -Calin
>>
>>
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