Android RTSP streaming failing
I 've Set up wowza streaming server in my ubuntu box for RTSP streaming video files. The video gets stream perfectly when I 've Totem video player at client side. The same url or video is failing to work on android device and the application that tries to access that rtsp url breaks with Mediaplayer error (1,-1).
Answer
I recently also set up a Wowza streaming server, and had three things trip me up before I could get it to work. One or more of these may help you out.
Wowza Settings:
1) In the Vhost.xml file, make sure that <port>1935</port> is changed to <port> 1935,554 </port> (You may have to use ROOT to start the Wowza server after this. 554 is a reserved port for RTSP streaming).
2) In the Application.xml file make sure PlayMethod is set like this: <PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>
In your Android Code:
3) In your Android code, the URL needs to follow the format rtsp://serverip/live/myStream.sdp
so NO port number in the URL. This is the one that tripped me up the longest.
After this, I was able to play my video by passing the url right to the MediaPlayer.