[vlc] Re: VLC and RTP/RTSP

[Derk-Jan Hartman]

On 20 mei 2004, at 09:40, Cavalera Claudio wrote:
> This come from a thread on VLS, so sorry for the crosspost.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Benjamin PRACHT [mailto:bigben at via.ecp.fr]
>
>> VLC is currently able to make VOD by reading a file put on a
>> HTTP or FTP server. VLC can also read  rtp/rtsp streams (for
>> instance generated from darwin streaming  server).
>
> Does VLC decode MPEG4 video and MPEG4 AAC when reading rtp streams?
> I don't understand well the tables on
> http://www.videolan.org/streaming/features.html

It does. The features mentioned on the page above only concern serving. 
Receiving is described on http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html

> Access / muxer matrix
>
>  UDP RTP HTTP File
> PS No No Yes Yes
> TS Yes No Yes Yes
> Ogg No No Yes Yes
> ASF No No Yes Yes
> MP4 No No No Yes
> AVI No No No Yes
> Raw Yes Yes Yes Yes
>
> Reading from a MP4 file, VLC plays both audio and video.
> Getting the same file over RTSP/RTP from a streaming server, VLC plays
> only video.
> Maybe VLC needs the two streams on the same UDP port?
> Or it just can't play two RTP sessions?
> Regards,
> Claudio

This table appears to be confusing.
What is meant is Output Type vs. Muxing.
So via UDP you can only mux TS and Raw, and you can only mux mp4 to a 
file (mp4 is not streamable (RTSP MPEG4 is not mp4 unlike many will led 
you to believe))



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Derk-Jan Hartman (d.hartman at student.utwente dot nl)
http://home.student.utwente.nl/d.hartman

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