vlc is missing RTSP support

[Alejandro Mery]

Binary package hint: vlc

vlc needs to be configured with --enable-realrtsp to be able to play rtsp:// URLs

http://wiki.videolan.org/RTSP

e.g. vlc rtsp://live.media.rai.it/broadcast/radiouno.rm
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.3 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintaner-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--disable-update-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-arts' '--enable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=libxul-plugin' '--disable-kde' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disable-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modplug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-x264' '--enable-faad' '--disable-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-dv' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "en_GB"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00000409] live555 demux: real codec detected, using real-RTSP instead
[00000409] live555 demux error: Nothing to play for rtsp://live.media.rai.it/broadcast/radiouno.rm
[00000412] main access error: no access module matched "rtsp"
[00000408] main input error: open of `rtsp://live.media.rai.it/broadcast/radiouno.rm' failed: could not create access: no access module matched "rtsp"
^C[00000402] signals interface error: Caught Interrupt signal, exiting...

[John Dong (jdong)]

UPDATE: Spoke with upstream about this, this regression was accidental. We will fix this before the release.

Thanks for reporting this issue to us.

[Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan)]

Looks like this won't be fixed on time for the release... Has it be forgotten? ;-)

[Xavier Gnata (xavier-gnata-gmail)]

Low priority ok but it is quite annoying when your dsl provider provides you with TV via rtsp :(.

A simple rebuild of the package with a trivial patch on the rules file is enough kill this bug.
Please just add --enable-realrtsp (I must admit I haven't checked the build dep so far) ;).
If there is a plan to update vlc in intrepid soon, please add this fix.

[Xavier Gnata (xavier-gnata-gmail)]

Well of course a small patch is also needed on the .install files (AFAICS).

[martin (mbvlist)]

When will this be fixed? Isn't 2 months after release long enough to fix a missing configure option?

What is needed to get this fixed before the next release hits the street?

[Andrea Gasparini (gaspa)]

Shouldn't be enough --enable-live555 to play rtsp:// stream?
I'm able to play them with the actual version in intrepid.

I mean: which other features does --enable-realrtsp option enable?

[Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan)]

Obviously not, since as the report shows, --enable-live55 is set in the Intrepid build, but RTSP stream can't be read. I'm no VLC expert, though. Would somebody eventually care about that before Jaunty?

[Andrea Gasparini (gaspa)]

Already fixed in jaunty ( change imported by debian 0.9.8a-1 )

https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/vlc/0.9.8a-1ubuntu1

vlc (0.9.8a-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    + Fix integer overflow in Real demux (VideoLAN SA-2008-11, CVE-2008-5276)
  * Enable RealRTSP access module
  * Depends on libv4l-dev to add support of some webcam
  * Don't rebootstrap. The packages causing troubles previously have been fixed

 -- Reinhard Tartler < <email address hidden>> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:12:27 +0100