[vlc] Re: Does VLC handle H.263 video over RTP?

[Pedro Sanchez]

On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 22:28 +0200, Kim Schulz wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:46:09 -0400
> "Pedro Sanchez" <psanchez at nortel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 12:00 -0700, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> > > The problem with your stream is that it is using the now-obsolete 
> > > "video/H263" media type defined in RFC 2190.  The "LIVE555
> > > Streaming Media" library - and thus VLC - does not handle this
> > > obsolete RTP payload type.
> > > 
> > > However, we do handle the more up-to-date RTP payload formats 
> > > "video/H263-1998" and "video/H263-2000", defined by RFC 2429 and
> > > RFC 4629.  (These are essentially the same; the only difference
> > > being that RFC 4629 defines some additional optional parameters.)
> > > 
> > > If possible, you should update your stream to use H.263-1998 (also 
> > > commonly called H.263+).  (If you do this, you should use a dynamic 
> > > RTP payload code - i.e., not 34.)
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Ross Finlayson
> > > Live Networks, Inc.
> > > http://www.live555.com/
> > > 
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the video stream is coming from an embedded box I can't
> > control. Your answer is useful anyway because it tells me that I
> > simply cannot use VLC in this case.
> > 
> > If you know of any other player that can decode H263/90000 please let
> > me know. I tried Realplayer and it fails to decode this stream as
> > well.
> 
> 
> how does your differ from mine? Mine can be played in VLC
> 
My video stream is packed into RTP using the old RFC 2190 which is not
supported by VLC. Your SDP says that your video video is packed using
RFC 4629 and VLC is happy with it. Good for you!

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Pedro

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