[Live-devel] Linux Client vs Windows Server: Failed to get a SDP description from URL

[Ross Finlayson]

>I am trying to connect with mplayer (1.0rc1) compiled with liveMedia
>(2007.07.01) support to a rtsp windows server unsuccessfully.
>
>I have already tried to connect to with vlc and with openRTSP but
>connection always fails with the same debug error:
>
>==] CUT HERE [==
>Failed to get a SDP description from URL
>"rtsp://aliceliverossoalice1.alice.cdn.interbusiness.it/alicelive1?WMThinning=0": 
>Failed to read response: Success
>==] CUT HERE [==
>
>The same URL works fine with Windows Media Player 9.
>
>Could this be a mismatch protocol issue from server

Perhaps.  Perhaps your server supports only a Microsoft-specific 
non-standard variant ot RTSP?

What happens when you run our "openRTSP" command-line client (with 
the "-V" option, to generate verbose output)?  (See 
<http://www.live555.com/openRTSP/>)
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/