Live stream detected but does not play

This is the command I use to being the stream on my hardware device

ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -f rtsp rtsp://[user]:[password]@52.66.64.136:1935/test/myStream

I can see that there is an input coming in from the Incoming Streams section of the Wowza Engine Manager.

The IP, Stream name & Application name are correct.

However when I try to play the stream using the Test Players, I dont see anything. Just a black screen.

An error message at the bottom of Adobe HDS says Source stream or file could not be found or access was denied.

When I try to use the RTSP wowza link on VLC I get an error stating that the “Input Cannot Be opened”

Source security for RTSP has been set to open.

When I stream through the GoCoder App there are no issues.

This leads me to believe the server is functioning correctly.

When I use the same command but change the output to write to file (ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 out.mp4) it works perfectly fine!!

So even the base command is correct.

Am I missing some arguments from the FFMPEG command?

Do I need to provide the username & password even though RTSP Source Security has been set to open?

Hi,

Do you have more than one network interface on your Wowza server? Check that the Server: entry has an IP address that is accessible by the player. If the network looks good and you can see Bytes In incrementing in the Incoming Streams page of the Manager then there may be an issue with the stream. Is it H.264 video? If not have you tried transcoding using the “Transcoder” template?

If it continues to not work then I’d suggest opening a support ticket with us. Please include a copy of your /conf /logs /manager and /transcoder directories.

Regards,

Paul