# Rtsp Playback
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818 "2014-02-17T23:01:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/1 "2014-02-17T23:01:48Z")
Hi,
Am using wowza version 3.6.2.
I have set my ‘live’ application where i could stream using rtmp and also view via rtmp.
But now i want to stream using rtmp and **view via rtsp** as well as rtmp. Where do i need to enable rtsp setting in my Appplication.xml?
I followed this tutorial [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-playback-on-rtsp-rtp-players](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-playback-on-rtsp-rtp-players) , but it doesn’t work for me.
I tried to play the default mp4 file([install-dir]/content/sample.mp4) in wowza as, rtsp://localhost:1935/vod/mp4:sample.mp4 .It doesn’t work out.
There is no error in log file too.
Please help me where am wrong ?
Thanks,
Sharmi.
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### Author:  [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/2 "2014-02-18T08:11:43Z")
to watch a vod (the sample) you should use : rtsp://localhost:1935/vod/sample.mp4
i assume you are running it on your windows server and want to watch it locallly.
if you run it on one of your clients use this in vlc: rtsp://server-ip-address:1935/vod/sample.mp4
it works with the basic/or default vod application.xml
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/3 "2014-02-18T06:19:35Z")
Thank you !
It worked for me 🙂
Since i used the perfix mp4 , it doesn’t work it seems.
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/4 "2014-02-19T06:17:48Z")
But now its not playing for the flv files. Showing the error msg as ‘Cannot play the video’.
I have a sample.flv file in the same path of the sample.mp4 and gave the rtsp url as,
rtsp://server-ip-address:1935/vod/sample.flv
Am I wrong giving the url?
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/5 "2014-02-19T21:36:49Z")
Yes, am using strobe media playback to play the flv file.
But in **android phones without using flash** i want to play the recorded(flv) files. Is that possible?
Only using rtsp we can play the video files in android phone without the support of flash. So i need the same for the flv files too.
Is there any other way to play the flv files in android phones without the support of flash?
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/6 "2014-02-20T06:25:06Z")
But now android doesn’t support flash right? So there is no way to play the flv files in android phone?
Because in the production server of wowza all the vod files are in flv format and most of the customers need to play the video in android phone. Is the only solution is to use the mp4 files alone?
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### Author:  [@sharmi\_la](https://community.wowza.com/u/sharmi_la)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/7 "2014-02-20T22:29:57Z")
Thank you! I will go with the mp4 files.
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### Author:  [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/8 "2014-02-18T16:30:50Z")
The mp4 prefix works on livestreams. if you put mp4:stream to your broadcasting url you tell wowza to record or play it as an mp4 stream. if you record it it will save as an mp4 and not as an flv.
glad it worked for you.
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### Author:  [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/9 "2014-02-19T17:31:02Z")
how do you ‘call’ the flv stream? you should be able to use it lets say jwplayer. flash is not on rtsp but on rtmp.
can you try to use a webplayer (jwplayer, flowplayer or something else) to get the stream for you?
rtmp://server-ip-address:1935/vod/sample.flv
when you are considering to live or live-record mp4 files you will also be able to use them in both settings. rtsp and rtmp to your webplayer.
so make sure what kind of setup you want to achieve.
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### Author:  [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/10 "2014-02-20T07:24:33Z")
you want to be able to play flash on devices without flash? thats not gonna work.
why don’t you switch to the mp4?
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### Author:  [@J\_van\_Marion](https://community.wowza.com/u/J_van_Marion)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/rtsp-playback/39818/11 "2014-02-20T15:54:39Z")
i hope someone else can you help you out on this. but as far as i know, none flash devices cant play flash. same with ipad/iphone,etc which doesnt support flash.