Wowza RTMP -> VLC ?

Wowza Streaming Engine
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Hi guys!

I have this situation. I have installed Wowza media server on my PC, running Windows XP SP3, and set up a simple video streaming app.

Now, if i try to play the stream with flowplayer, for example, it works, if i try with jw player it works. If i try to play the stream with VLC it doesn’t work.

In VLC I go to Media>Open Network stream select RTMP from the drop-down list and enter the adress rtmp://127.0.0.1/simplevideostreaming/myfile.flv or rtmp://127.0.0.1/simplevideostreaming/flv:myfile.flv i get the message

“VLC is unable to open the MRL ‘rtmp://127.0.0.1/simplevideostreaming/starcraft2.flv’. Check the log for details.”

When i check the log i see:

"access_rtmp error: body handshake received corrupt

access_rtmp error: handshake active failed

main error: open of `rtmp://127.0.0.1/simplevideostreaming/starcraft2.flv’ failed: (null)"

When i check the wowza console, every time i try to play the stream with VLC i see a new line like these:

INFO session disconnect 678035168 -

INFO session disconnect 976853761 -

INFO session disconnect 655689835 -

INFO session disconnect 1056574252 -

INFO session disconnect 1055334260 -

INFO session disconnect 1804027484 -

Wowza server version 1.7.2, Wowza Pro10 FREE.

Also does anyone know how can i play a RTMP stream in JW Desktop Player?

Any ideeas?

Thak you very much!

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We don’t support streaming to VLC over RTMP. Our RTMP implementation is compatible with all Flash players on all the different platforms.

We are adding RTSP/RTP streaming support to Wowza Media Server 2. A preview release is here:

https://www.wowza.com/advanced.php

This is probably a more reliable way to send a stream to VLC.

Charlie

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Streams from Wowza Media Server Pro 1.7.2 can only be played in Flash clients.

You can use VLC to publish a stream to Wowza, which can then be played in Flash:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts

Richard

4

VLC claims support for RTMP playback but it does not seem to work very reliably.

Charlie

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I do not know of any other player.

Charlie

6

You can use Adobe AIR to Build your own stand alone player.

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Hi!

I saw a lot of posts on how to publish a VLC stream to Wowza. It’s the other way araound that i’m interested.

Charlie

I know that they claim that it works, that’s why i tryed. But cod you give me some information on why it didn’t work?

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Thank you very much for your quick reply!

Could you recomend some other stand alone player that can play RTMP strems of flv files or H.264?

I am interested for a VOD solution. Also it would be interesting if there is a player that suports SecureToken.

Beste regards.