How do I play a RTMP stream in VLC?
I'm trying to get a RTMP stream to play on VLC and the URL is in this format:
rtmp://76.10.10.240/liverepeater/mp4:name.mp4
I'm able to record the stream with CooJah but I only want to watch it via VLC. Any ideas?
Solution 1:
You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .
rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -
Solution 2:
Sorry, but VLC doesn't support rtmp streaming just yet. If you really want to stream RTMP, you could use flowplayer since they support it, but it's not as easy as using VLC.
Solution 3:
Yes! Now you can do it in VLC. Because the new versions of VLC from v1.1 onwards support rtmp stream playing.
- Just Click on Media.
- Click on open network stream / or press Ctrl/command + N
- Write rtmp URL.
- Enjoy!
Solution 4:
On Mac/OSX, I was able to get this to work with a modification of Unnikrishnan's answer. The important part being the path to the VLC executable (which may vary by system)
Recorded Stream:
rtmpdump -r rtmp://path/to/stream | /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -
Live stream
rtmpdump -r rtmp://path/to/stream --live | /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -
You should then see a VLC window open, with fs://0 listed in the playlist area. Double-click that entry to view the actual stream.
Solution 5:
VLC version 2.2.4 can play, Hit Cmd+N (on MAC) and enter the url in this format
rtmp://Server URL/live/Stream Name
e.g rtmp://10.154.136.221/live/RTMP1