unable to play a mms stream, that I am hosting using vlc.
 

I am trying to stream a wmv using vlc but have not been able to get the stream to play.

this is the command I use

The server I am hosting is on the same network as the PC I am trying to view the stream in so no firewall rules should apply. Correct?


cvlc -vvv movie.wmv --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=128,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=32}:std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:1234" --loop

Using CentOS5.1
VLC version 0.9.6 Grishenko


I created a new user and put the file in this users home directory. The user has full permissions on the file


error when I try to play it in windows media player:
Windows Media Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed, or deleted.


If I play this file locally then WMP plays it fine.


Ive tried the following ways to play the stream in IE and firefox

mms://IP:1234/file.wmv
mms://IP:1234/file.asf


If I run it with vlc -v I get this.


[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so: undefined symbol: sws_freeFilter)
[00000392] playlist demux warning: invalid <playlist> attribute:"xmlns:vlc"
[00000413] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session
[00000413] main interface warning: no interface module matching "inhibit,none" could be loaded
[00000413] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main libvlc error: interface "inhibit,none" initialization failed
[00000415] screensaver interface warning: failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session
[00000419] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module...
config_ChainCreate: invalid options (empty)


ls -l /usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40136 Nov 9 19:51 /usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so



vlc -vvv --list | grep avcodec
VLC media player 0.9.6 Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.6 Grishenko - (c) 1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-rpath' '--disable-static' '--with-PIC' '--enable-release' '--enable-aa' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-arts' '--enable-caca' '--enable-cddax' '--enable-dirac' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-esd' '--enable-faad' '--enable-fbosd' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--with-ffmpeg-tree=ffmpeg-20080225' '--with-ffmpeg-a52' '--with-ffmpeg-faac' '--with-ffmpeg-mp3lame' '--enable-libamr-nb' '--enable-libamr-wb' '--with-ffmpeg-ogg' '--with-ffmpeg-theora' '--with-ffmpeg-vorbis' '--with--ffmpeg-zlib' '--enable-flac' '--enable-galaktos' '--enable-gnomevfs' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree=/dar/build/vlc-0.9.6/live' '--enable-loader' '--enable-musicbrainz' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-opencv' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-real' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-shout' '--enable-snapshot' '--enable-svg' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-switcher' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-upnp' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-xosd' '--enable-xvmc' 'build_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'LDFLAGS=-L/usr/X11R6/lib' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main libvlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/streamtest/.cache/vlc/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main libvlc warning: cannot load module `/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so: undefined symbol: sws_freeFilter)
[00000001] main libvlc debug: module bank initialized, found 288 modules
avcodec FFmpeg audio/video decoder
avcodec FFmpeg audio/video encoder
avcodec FFmpeg deinterlace video filter
[00000001] main libvlc debug: writing plugins cache /home/streamtest/.cache/vlc/plugins-04041e.dat

had to install this font rpm: fonts-ttf-freefont-20060126-2mdv2008.1.noarch.rpm


and change my command to this:

cvlc -v file.wmv --sout "#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,vb=512,scale=1,acodec=WMA2,ab=32}:std{access=mmsh,mux=asfh,dst=:1234" --loop

The video looks ok , still need to adjust the vb but I can't get any audio. According to gspot the audioc codec is 0x0161 (WMA v2)


What do I need to use for the acodec to get sound?

Looks like you have to convert WMV to AVI to get VLC to play the audio. Found this conversion script that seems to do the job.


mencoder infile.wmv -ofps 23.976 -ovc lavc -oac copy -o outfile.avi


I did change the "copy" flag to mp3lame then set the ab to 128 in my cvlc command. Seems to be playing fine.