An update on the problem that Francisco Leon noticed (failure to play an URL beginning "rtsp://start.real.com/"). The problem here is that this RealNetworks server behaves differently, depending on whether or not the client is one of theirs. (It makes this determination based on a "ClientID:" RTSP header.) If the client is not one of theirs (which is the case for "MPlayer"), this server fails to complete the RTSP transaction (in a non-standard way, but I digress...). If the client is one of theirs, this server sends back a "302 Temporary Relocation" response, redirecting the client to a "http://" URL, which MPlayer would be unable to handle anyway. (Also, the "http://" URL points to content that's encoded in SMIL, not HTML.) In any case, MPlayer would not be able to play the stream, because it apparently requires paid membership in "RealOne SuperPass" or "CNN NewsPass". Ross.
Hi,
If the client is one of theirs, this server sends back a "302 Temporary Relocation" response, redirecting the client to a "http://" URL, which MPlayer would be unable to handle anyway. (Also, the "http://" URL points to content that's encoded in SMIL, not HTML.)
In any case, MPlayer would not be able to play the stream, because it apparently requires paid membership in "RealOne SuperPass" or "CNN NewsPass".
Hmm. afaik xine has some working rtsp:// supoprt for the realmedia streams. dunno how does it work, but last tiem i checked the code it was quite huge (many files, parsers, crypto stuff etc) compared to the pnm:// code. A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team -- Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu "However, many people beg for its inclusion in Debian. Why?" - Gabucino "Because having new software in Debian is good." - Josselin Mouette "Because having good software in Debian is new." - Gabucino
Arpi wrote:
If the client is one of theirs, this server sends back a "302 Temporary Relocation" response, redirecting the client to a "http://" URL, which MPlayer would be unable to handle anyway. (Also, the "http://" URL points to content that's encoded in SMIL, not HTML.)
In any case, MPlayer would not be able to play the stream, because it apparently requires paid membership in "RealOne SuperPass" or "CNN NewsPass".
Hmm. afaik xine has some working rtsp:// supoprt for the realmedia streams. dunno how does it work, but last tiem i checked the code it was quite huge (many files, parsers, crypto stuff etc) compared to the pnm:// code.
Has anybody already tried the helix libraries? Maybe they are a alternative to liveMedia. bye ago NP: Oomph! - Bastard -- Alexander.Gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
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