How do I play a RTMP stream in VLC?

Question

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

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

Solution 3

Yes! Now you can do it in VLC. Because the new versions of VLC from v1.1 onwards support rtmp stream playing.

1. Just Click on Media.
2. Click on open network stream / or press Ctrl/command + N
3. Write rtmp URL.
4. 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

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.

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Comments

[Nisrak]

No, its not playing, it throws stream not found error!

[kbtz]

I'll check it out...

[M. A.]

no it won't work

[M. A.]

I've tried rtmpdump -r rtmp://path/to/stream --live -o | "c:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" on windows 8.1 but it seems it does not work, any idea ?

[providencemac]

@AbdelhafidMadoui My approach is using the OSX terminal, so I'm not sure it would work properly in Windows. In Windows 10, there is a new ability to install a "native" Bash prompt, which also supports calling Windows executables

[user3791372]

it only works with some rtmp streams

[sevenkul]

This information solved my <playpath> problem. I converted my rtmp link rtmp://streaming.perculus.com/vods3<playpath>flv:blabla.flv to rtmp://streaming.perculus.com/vods3/live/flv:blabla.flv Now it works perfectly.

[Shark Deng]

why VLC asks me to open accessibility on Mac? It feels so dangerous.