Valid RTSP not working

[Paul Guijt]

Hi,
I'm trying to find out why rtsp://stream.rtvnh.nl:1935/RNH/livestream is played by Quicktime (hence valid?), but not on my combination of Squeezebox Server and SqueezePlay (and SB Radio as well). I have SB Server 7.5.1 - r30836 with BBC iPlayer 1.1.12 and Play Real 1.0, and SqueezePlay 7.5.1-r0.

A quote from my server.log:
[10-11-14 18:56:52.2193] Slim::Networking::Async::disconnect (236) Close Slim::Networking::Async::Socket::HTTP=GLOB(0x8d344 0c) => 16
[10-11-14 18:56:52.2197] Plugins::PlayReal::RTSPScanHeaders::_error (66) error connecting to url: error=End of file url=rtsp://stream.rtvnh.nl/RNH/livestream

Where to look further?

Thanks for any help.
Paul

[bpa]

Unfortunately the "rtsp" designation has been used in at least 3 incompatible media streams.

The PlayReal plugin deals with playing RealAudio codecs over a RealNetwork's version of rtsp. Your stream is a MP4 stream over an Apple's version of rtsp protocol which is not supported by SBS or Squeezeplayers not supported by a 3rd party plugin.

[Paul Guijt]

Hi bpa,

Thanks for your early reply!

What's not supported: the rtsp or the mp4?

Regards,
Paul

[bpa]

rtsp is not supported.

SBS supports MP4 as a file with AAC as the contained audio format.

The station rtvnl.nl station seems to support Flash/audio (which usually have the rtmp prefix) as the main web based streaming - SBS does not support rtmp streams. The BBC iPlayer supports the BBC specific rtmp URLs.

[Paul Guijt]

Hi bpa,

rtsp is not supported.

PlayReal seems to add support for rtsp. Would it be feasible to adapt PlayReal, to make it compatible with other rtsp flavours?

Also, I have the impression that the station is streaming AAC audio as a video or flash stream. My server log indicates that no mime type was determined. What would SB need to accept an AAC audio stream over RTSP (or HTTP)?

Regards,
Paul

[bpa]

PlayReal uses mplayer to player rtsp/RealAudio streams. If you can get a version of mplayer to play your station on your SBS server - then it would work but I haven't found a suitable version of mplayer. I think mplayer need to be recompiled and built with special options