[Live-devel] connection problem with openRTSP

[Ross Finlayson]

> I want to be able to stream using Live555 server and receive using Live555 client. Anyways I started by opening the command line and navigating to testprogs and I place a test.mkv there. then I type the following command 
> 
> C:\Users\Lobna\Downloads\live.2017.01.26\live\testProgs>testonDemandRTSPServer rtsp://192.168.1.108:8554/test.mkv 

The “testOnDemandRTSPServer” command doesn’t take any command-line argument.  Instead, it assumes that the file that it wants to stream is located in the current directory.  I suggest typing:
	cd C:\Users\Lobna\Downloads\live.2017.01.26\live\testProgs
then:
	testonDemandRTSPServer


> I also tried to use openRTSP using this command 

> C:\Users\Lobna\Downloads\live.2017.01.26\live\testProgs>openRTSP -V -n rtsp://192.168.1.108:8554/test.mkv >> dump.txt
> 
> and this was the output=>
> Failed to get a SDP description for the URL "rtsp://192.168.1.108:8554/test.mkv"
> : Connection to server failed: No connection could be made because the target ma
> chine actively refused it
> 
> I saw some posts mentioning that it might be a firewall problem, but I checked and its not my case.

However, the error message that you got suggests some sort of problem with your Windows firewall.

Make sure that - initially - you run “openRTSP” on the same computer as “testOnDemandRTSPServer”.  Only once that works should you try running “openRTSP” on a different computer.


> what am I doing wrong? and which .exe is the server and which is the receiver? 

Huh?  How could you not know this?  “testOnDemandRTSPServer” is, of course, the RTSP server.  “openRTSP” is, of course, the RTSP client.


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/