Problem with playing mms / rtsp stream from streambox.tv

[shiva]

Hello,

I have a subscription with streambox.tv for some television streams .

I used URL snooper to find their links to be :

rtsp://208.69.192.140/zeetv

But their play list played in the player has this link

mms://208.69.192.140/zeetv

I tried to play both in vlc media palyer ,windows media player , but it doesnt play . It just plays the video for like 1-2 seconds and stops.

Here is debug form vlc media player:

asf debug: found 2 streams
main debug: selecting program id=0
main debug: `rtsp://208.69.192.140/zeetv' successfully opened
main debug: looking for decoder module: 28 candidates
dmo debug: found DMO: WMAudio Decoder DMO
dmo debug: DMO input type set
dmo debug: DMO output type set
dmo debug: GetOutputSizeInfo(): bytes 16384, align 1
main debug: using decoder module "dmo"
main debug: thread 4640 (decoder) created at priority 2 (input/decoder.c:159)
asf debug: added new audio stream(codec:0x161,ID:1)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 28 candidates
dmo debug: found DMO: WMVideo Decoder DMO
dmo debug: DMO input type set
dmo debug: DMO output type set
dmo debug: GetOutputSizeInfo(): bytes 115200, align 1
main debug: using decoder module "dmo"
main debug: thread 4636 (decoder) created at priority 0 (input/decoder.c:159)
asf debug: added new video stream(ID:2)
main debug: using demux2 module "asf"
live555 warning: no data received in 10s. Switching to TCP
live555 debug: RTP subsession 'audio/X-ASF-PF'
live555 debug: RTP subsession 'video/X-ASF-PF'
live555 error: no data received in 10s, aborting

It works fine on their website with windows media player plugin,

Would be glad to pay some one who can help me view them with vlc media player , so that i can record certain programs for watching later.

[shiva]

Hello,

I have subscribed for the Iptv service from www.streambox.tv . I used url snooper to get the channel links ,

they are:
rtsp://208.69.192.140/zcine

But when i right click on the .ASX metafile and view properties in their player i see this play list

<entry>
        <TITLE></TITLE>
        <AUTHOR>Streambox.tv</AUTHOR>
        <COPYRIGHT>2007 by Streambox.tv</COPYRIGHT>
                <ref href="mms://208.69.192.140/zeetv"/>
         </entry>
</asx>

(use view source to see mms link)

I tried to open these mms, rtsp links with either windows media server or vlc player. In vlc player it opens sometimes plays for 1-2 seconds and stops.

I dont understand why it doesnt open. I am trying to record some programs from these channels for watching them later. any help is greatly appreciate and am willing to pay if someone can provide a solution.

THanks,
Shiva

VLC player is not very good at rtsp:// streams.

As for Windows Media Player (WMP), you can try to change the bandwidth settings and/or update your WMP problem. I don't really see any other problem.

streambox.tv is a subscription based web TV service, but its streams are not password protected. This is absolutely insane, 'coz many users will be able to watch their streaming TV channels without paying!!!

Many media stream recorders can record non-protected Windows Media video streams. Some of them are free.

However live Windows Medis streams are best recorded with WM Recorder in the PRO mode. In this mode WMR captures netowork packets coming to your PC when you watch your streaming video.

[shiva]

can you possibly try openning

rtsp://208.69.192.140/zcine

I am not sure why it doesnt open in any media player ?

My connection is too slow to open it.

You can try some media stream recorders like WM Recorder or NetTransport. All of them have free trial versions so you don't have to buy them.