Somehow, I can not reply to the reply I got (i do not have mail delivery enabled). That's why I'm replying to my own email: So the version I'm using is the latest for the Fedora version I'm using, according to yum. Nevertheless following is the output I'm getting with the latest svn snapshot of mplayer: [root at localhost mplayer-checkout-2010-05-10]# mplayer rtsp://root:pass at 172.16.1.1/axis-media/media.amp MPlayer SVN-r31151-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team Playing rtsp://root:pass at 172.16.1.1/axis-media/media.amp. Resolving 172.16.1.1 for AF_INET6... Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 172.16.1.1 Connecting to server 172.16.1.1[172.16.1.1]: 554... librtsp: server responds: 'RTSP/1.0 401 Unauthorized' rtsp_session: unsupported RTSP server. Server type is 'unknown'. Resolving 172.16.1.1 for AF_INET6... Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 172.16.1.1 Connecting to server 172.16.1.1[172.16.1.1]: 80... Cache size set to 320 KBytes Cache fill: 0.01% (26 bytes) Exiting... (End of file) Regards, Anirban On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Anirban Dutta Choudhury <anirban.duttachoudhury at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to view a rtsp stream from a network camera with static ip > in a private network. It detects the stream, fps identifies the codec > needed but ultimately fails to playback it. a simple ping to the > camera works. The camera stream itself is working with mplayer on e > newer version of debian (I'm using Fedora 7 and the mplayer version > I'm using is the latest for that). Follwing is the ouutput from > mplayer: > > [root at localhost ~]# mplayer rtsp://root:pass at 172.16.1.1/axis-media/media.amp > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (Family: 15, > Model: 67, Stepping: 2) > CPUflags: ?MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > 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://root:pass at 172.16.1.1/axis-media/media.amp. > Resolving 172.16.1.1 for AF_INET6... > Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: 172.16.1.1 > Connecting to server 172.16.1.1[172.16.1.1]: 554... > librtsp: server responds: 'RTSP/1.0 401 Unauthorized' > rtsp_session: unsupported RTSP server. Server type is 'unknown'. > STREAM_LIVE555, URL: rtsp://root:pass at 172.16.1.1/axis-media/media.amp > Stream not seekable! > ?file format detected. > Unable to determine our source address: This computer has an invalid > IP address: 0x0 > Unable to determine our source address: This computer has an invalid > IP address: 0x0 > Initiated "video/H264" RTP subsession on port 32778 > VIDEO: ?[H264] ?0x0 ?0bpp ?15.000 fps ? ?0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) > ========================================================================== > Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family > Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264) > ========================================================================== > Audio: no sound > Starting playback... > V: ? 0.0 ? 0/ ?0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 > > Exiting... (End of file) > > So, what else should I try? Is it the rtsp library of Fedora? > > Regards, > Anirban > -- ------------------------------------------- Anirban Dutta Choudhury Dipl. El-Ing. MSc. Design & Engineering HW/SW Tel: +41 56 200 03 15 Mob: +41 78 630 66 39 PIXY AG CH-5300 Turgi Tel: +41 56 200 03 10 Fax: +41 56 200 03 29 http://www.pixy.ch -------------------------------------------