[MPlayer-users] How to use mplayer to view a rtsp stream?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Hi!

ying lcs <yinglcs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I have tried to recompile mplayer from the trunk. And I use a
> different streaming server (helix).

I'm not sure I ever tested something with helix server.
I know that DSS is usually working well.

[...]

> $ mplayer rtsp://127.0.0.1:1554/sample_300kbit.mp4 MPlayer
> dev-SVN-r23269-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU      T2500   <at>  2.00GHz (Family: 6,
> Model: 14, Stepping: 12)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
> 
> Playing rtsp://127.0.0.1:1554/sample_300kbit.mp4.
> Resolving 127.0.0.1 for AF_INET6...
> Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 127.0.0.1
> Connecting to server 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: 1554...
> 
> MPlayer interrupted by signal 11 in module: open_stream
> - MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
>   Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
>   disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
> - MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
>   It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
>   gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
>   DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
>   won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.

Sorry, but the output you provide is not very helpful. Again, if you want me to
test the stream, you have to provide a public link.

If I understand the output correctly, mplayer fails inside its internal rtsp
code. This patch disables it completely, so you might find it helpful:
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2007-February/049300.html

Carl Eugen