unable to open rtsp

[John Paul]

[added on 7/7/2010] At first I thought only VLC was unable to open rtsp-streams, but it turns out nothing will open rtsp

VLC version: 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.1
mplayer version: 2:1.0~ rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu16
Release: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

VLC is unable to open this rtsp-stream, returning:
"Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101'. Check the log for details."
It can't by opened by mplayer either.

~$ vlc rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
[0x88fa238] live555 demux error: SETUP of'audio/X-ASF-PF' failed Failed to read response: Connection reset by peer
[0x88fa238] live555 demux error: SETUP of'video/X-ASF-PF' failed SETUP send() failed: Broken pipe
[0x88fa238] live555 demux error: Nothing to play for rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
[0xb7400918] main input error: open of `rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101' failed: (null)
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/pieter/.config/ibus/bus
Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon

This stream has exactly the same content, but in a different protocol (mms). VLC is able to open this stream without any problems.
~$ vlc mms://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
[0x8a20050] main access error: connection failed: Connection refused
[0x8a20050] access_mms access error: failed to open a connection (tcp)
[0x8a20050] main access error: connection failed: Connection refused
[0x8a20050] access_mms access error: failed to open a connection (tcp)
[0x8a20050] access_mms access error: cannot connect to server
[0x8a20050] access_mms access error: cannot read data 2
[0x893bfd0] pulse audio output: No. of Audio Channels: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::setClipRegion: Painter not active
QPainter::setClipping: Painter not active, state will be reset by begin
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::setClipRegion: Painter not active
QPainter::setClipping: Painter not active, state will be reset by begin
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1

[added on 7/7/2010] mplayer can't open the rtsp-stream either:
~$ mplayer rtsp://wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing rtsp://wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101.
Resolving wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl
Resolving wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl for AF_INET...
Connecting to server wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl[213.75.92.41]: 554...
STREAM_LIVE555, URL: rtsp://wm.media51.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
Stream not seekable!
 file format detected.
Failed to initiate "audio/X-ASF-PF" RTP subsession: RTP payload format unknown or not supported
Failed to initiate "video/X-ASF-PF" RTP subsession: RTP payload format unknown or not supported
Exiting... (End of file)

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vlc 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: cf9476e0c568928f3f21bd31e299d395
CheckboxSystem: c0debaa929713bfabf3fb27e35caa972
Date: Thu Jul 1 17:16:08 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc

[John Paul (p6284968128)]

It's not just vlc...

[John Paul (p6284968128)]

openRTSP doesn't work either (see attachment)

I suppose the problem is caused by the package livemedia-utils (the live555.com streaming media code, installed version: 2010.02.10-1).

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

That's a problem with liblivemedia, yes. Since it is linked statically, VLC and Mplayer would need to be recompiled as well. So in a sense they're also buggy.

[rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for reporting this bug.

Does this issue happen in Maverick?

[John Paul (p6284968128)]

All of a sudden, vlc now does open the stream:

~$ vlc rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
[0x820c668] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x854d460] pulse audio output: No. of Audio Channels: 2
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::setClipRegion: Painter not active
QPainter::setClipping: Painter not active, state will be reset by begin
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::setClipRegion: Painter not active
QPainter::setClipping: Painter not active, state will be reset by begin
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1

Totem works, too, but mplayer doesn't and neither does openRTSP (attachment):
~$ totem rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
DMO dll supports VO Optimizations 0 1
DMO dll might use previous sample when requested
Total Unfree 60 bytes cnt 1 [(nil),0]

~$ mplayer rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101.
Resolving wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl
Resolving wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl for AF_INET...
Connecting to server wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl[213.75.92.51]: 554...
STREAM_LIVE555, URL: rtsp://wm.media53.kpnstreaming.nl/kpn=TweedeKamerL=Plenair101
Stream not seekable!
 file format detected.
Failed to initiate "audio/X-ASF-PF" RTP subsession: RTP payload format unknown or not supported
Failed to initiate "video/X-ASF-PF" RTP subsession: RTP payload format unknown or not supported
Exiting... (End of file)

In the mean time, vlc was updated to 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2; I'm still using livemedia-utils 2010.02.10-1. I assume a fix was released in vlc.
If the problem was caused by liblivemedia though, I can't explain why vlc now does work, while openRTSP doesn't.

Please note that I tried only one rtsp stream, as I couldn't find any other. Might it be possible that the stream was corrupt is now fixed?