Load video from rtsp

[nukerer]

Hi,

i wonder if its possible to load streaming video from a rtsp server. I have this adress:

rtsp://173.208.220.150/asahi.qwcporgfdukrxzk

i want to create a swf file that laods and plays the video stream from there. Is it possible?

Thank you.

[kglad]

no, flash doesn't support rtsp. 

flash uses rtmp for streaming video.

if you control the streaming server, you may be able to convert rtsp to rtmp.

[nukerer]

Thank you for the reply. I see. Well, in case i have a rtmp, how can i load it with flash?

Thank you.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

you would use something like:

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect("rtmp://173.208.220.150/asahi.qwcporgfdukrxzk");

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

var video:Video = new Video();

video.attachVideo(ns);

ns.play();

[nukerer]

Thank you. Seems like the server wont support rtmp. Is there a way to load an html page that has the movie embedded? the html would look like this

<embed height="400" width="600" version="VideoLAN.VLCPlugin.2" type="application/x-vlc-plugin" target="rtsp://173.208.220.150/asahi.qwcporgfdukrxzk" style="margin-left: 10px;" pluginspage="http://www.videolan.org" loop="yes" id="vlc" autoplay="yes">

Thank you.

[kglad]

for rtmp, you need to use a flash server like adobe media server or red5.

i don't know what players are out there for rtsp but i'm pretty sure none have much penetration.

[nukerer]

Yes, i understand that, but the server is no mine so there is nothing i can do except to load it from an html. But i wonder if i can load that html from my swf file.

[kglad]

check on the videoLAN webiste.  if that's a publically available plug-in they should have code published showing how to embed their player.

[nukerer]

Thanks. I checked there but no answer. I think it would be enough if im able to load the html from the swf movie.

[kglad]

you can load html from flash using getURL().

[nukerer]

I didt know you could do that with getURL(), i thought it was only to open links on a browser window. In fact, thats what it does when i use this script:

getURL("page.html", "justin");

where justin is the name of the movie clip instance i made which is supposed to be the container for the loaded page. However, it only opens the page on a new browser window. Any hint please?

Thank you.

[kglad]

the 2nd parameter in getURL is not a movieclip.  it's a string that indicates which window into which the url should open: 

window:String (default = null) — The browser window or HTML frame in which to display the document indicated by the request parameter. You can enter the name of a specific window or use one of the following values:

• "_self" specifies the current frame in the current window.
• "_blank" specifies a new window.
• "_parent" specifies the parent of the current frame.
• "_top" specifies the top-level frame in the current window.

[nukerer]

Hi,

i first tried with _self but still it opens in another window and not inside the flash..

[kglad]

copy and paste the code you tried.

[nukerer]

Sorry about the late reply. I had to flee home because of North Korean threats. Anyway, this is my code

getURL("page.html", "_self");

but when i open the swf either it loads nothing or the page is loaded in a now window.

[nukerer]

Hello??

[nukerer]

Help please??

[kglad]

upload the swf and html published by flash to your server and post a link to your embedding html page.

[dfsdggfsdhdshdfhfh]

There is now a player for this: Locomote Video Player: https://github.com/AxisCommunications/locomote-video-player. Disclaimer: I am the author.

Locomote supports RTSP (and RTMP[S,E,T], MP4 and FLV). It uses sockets to connect so a socket policy server (see http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/socket_policy_files.html) is required.

[Justin Chiu]

Try this one. http://www.fstreamer.com

Support RTSP and HLS,  and require a socket policy server