[vlc-devel] "Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP" problem v1.1.5

[Ross Finlayson]

>Was anyone aware that when using "Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP" in 
>the demuxers section is causing VLC to hang?

Yes.  Here's what I reported (on the "streaming" mailing list, not 
this one) last month:

>I have just tried testing "RTSP-over-HTTP" streaming using VLC 1.1.5 
>(as a client), and can confirm that the "Tunnel RTSP and RTP over 
>HTTP" option (in Preferences -> Input & Codecs -> All (button) -> 
>Demuxers -> RTP/RTSP) is broken, at least in version 1.1.5.
>
>Checking the "Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP" option does *not* cause 
>RTSP requests to get tunneled over HTTP.  Instead, it seems to cause 
>some weird RealNetworks emulation crap.  The following is what the 
>server sees:
>
>
>CSeq: 1
>User-Agent: RealMedia Player Version 6.0.9.1235 (linux-2.0-libc6-i386-gcc2.95)
>ClientChallenge: 9e26d33f2984236010ef6253fb1887f7
>PlayerStarttime: [28/03/2003:22:50:23 00:00]
>CompanyID: KnKV4M4I/B2FjJ1TToLycw==
>GUID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
>RegionData: 0
>ClientID: Linux_2.4_6.0.9.1235_play32_RN01_EN_586
>
>followed by a regular (non-tunneled) RTSP "OPTIONS" request.
>
>So, it appears that the 1.1.5 version has somehow gotten 
>RTSP-over-HTTP tunneling confused with RealNetworks pseudo-RTSP 
>emulation.

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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
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