How do I play an RTMP stream in VLC?












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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?










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  • Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

    – Akash
    Sep 7 '11 at 11:43











  • @Akash No, I didn't

    – kbtzr
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:03











  • Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

    – Akash
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:09











  • The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

    – user103785
    Nov 1 '11 at 23:58
















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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?










share|improve this question

























  • Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

    – Akash
    Sep 7 '11 at 11:43











  • @Akash No, I didn't

    – kbtzr
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:03











  • Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

    – Akash
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:09











  • The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

    – user103785
    Nov 1 '11 at 23:58














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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?










share|improve this 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?







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  • Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

    – Akash
    Sep 7 '11 at 11:43











  • @Akash No, I didn't

    – kbtzr
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:03











  • Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

    – Akash
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:09











  • The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

    – user103785
    Nov 1 '11 at 23:58



















  • Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

    – Akash
    Sep 7 '11 at 11:43











  • @Akash No, I didn't

    – kbtzr
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:03











  • Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

    – Akash
    Sep 8 '11 at 19:09











  • The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

    – user103785
    Nov 1 '11 at 23:58

















Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

– Akash
Sep 7 '11 at 11:43





Did you try asking on #videolan on freenode?

– Akash
Sep 7 '11 at 11:43













@Akash No, I didn't

– kbtzr
Sep 8 '11 at 19:03





@Akash No, I didn't

– kbtzr
Sep 8 '11 at 19:03













Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

– Akash
Sep 8 '11 at 19:09





Do try it out.. you are more likely to get help on the IRC/forums/mailing list

– Akash
Sep 8 '11 at 19:09













The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

– user103785
Nov 1 '11 at 23:58





The KMplayer plays rtmp streams ;)

– user103785
Nov 1 '11 at 23:58










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You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .



rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -





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  • I'll check it out...

    – kbtzr
    Feb 24 '14 at 14:03











  • Check and let me know...

    – Unnikrishnan
    Feb 25 '14 at 11:52



















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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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    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!






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    • 3





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

      – Gopi
      Jun 25 '13 at 12:13











    • no it won't work

      – Abdelhafid Madoui
      Nov 12 '16 at 16:20











    • it only works with some rtmp streams

      – user3791372
      Apr 21 '17 at 17:42



















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    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.






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

      – Abdelhafid Madoui
      Nov 12 '16 at 16:27






    • 1





      @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

      – providencemac
      Nov 21 '16 at 15:42





















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    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






    share|improve this answer


























    • 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.

      – sevenkul
      Oct 19 '17 at 9:48





















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    You need to use mplayer or at least rtmpdump from mplayer as vlc has no rtmp support currently.






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      You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .



      rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -





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      You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .



      rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -





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      You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .



      rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -





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      You can play RTMP in VLC with the help of RTMPDump .



      rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://ip-address/app-name/streamname" -o - | "vlc" -






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      • I'll check it out...

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      I'll check it out...

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      I'll check it out...

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      Check and let me know...

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      Check and let me know...

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      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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        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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          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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          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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              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!






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              • 3





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

                – Gopi
                Jun 25 '13 at 12:13











              • no it won't work

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:20











              • it only works with some rtmp streams

                – user3791372
                Apr 21 '17 at 17:42
















              1














              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!






              share|improve this answer



















              • 3





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

                – Gopi
                Jun 25 '13 at 12:13











              • no it won't work

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:20











              • it only works with some rtmp streams

                – user3791372
                Apr 21 '17 at 17:42














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              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!






              share|improve this answer













              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!







              share|improve this answer












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              • 3





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

                – Gopi
                Jun 25 '13 at 12:13











              • no it won't work

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:20











              • it only works with some rtmp streams

                – user3791372
                Apr 21 '17 at 17:42














              • 3





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

                – Gopi
                Jun 25 '13 at 12:13











              • no it won't work

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:20











              • it only works with some rtmp streams

                – user3791372
                Apr 21 '17 at 17:42








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              3





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

              – Gopi
              Jun 25 '13 at 12:13





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

              – Gopi
              Jun 25 '13 at 12:13













              no it won't work

              – Abdelhafid Madoui
              Nov 12 '16 at 16:20





              no it won't work

              – Abdelhafid Madoui
              Nov 12 '16 at 16:20













              it only works with some rtmp streams

              – user3791372
              Apr 21 '17 at 17:42





              it only works with some rtmp streams

              – user3791372
              Apr 21 '17 at 17:42











              1














              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.






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

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:27






              • 1





                @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

                – providencemac
                Nov 21 '16 at 15:42


















              1














              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.






              share|improve this answer


























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

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:27






              • 1





                @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

                – providencemac
                Nov 21 '16 at 15:42
















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              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.






              share|improve this answer















              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.







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

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:27






              • 1





                @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

                – providencemac
                Nov 21 '16 at 15:42





















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

                – Abdelhafid Madoui
                Nov 12 '16 at 16:27






              • 1





                @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

                – providencemac
                Nov 21 '16 at 15:42



















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

              – Abdelhafid Madoui
              Nov 12 '16 at 16:27





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

              – Abdelhafid Madoui
              Nov 12 '16 at 16:27




              1




              1





              @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

              – providencemac
              Nov 21 '16 at 15:42







              @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

              – providencemac
              Nov 21 '16 at 15:42













              1














              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






              share|improve this answer


























              • 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.

                – sevenkul
                Oct 19 '17 at 9:48


















              1














              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






              share|improve this answer


























              • 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.

                – sevenkul
                Oct 19 '17 at 9:48
















              1












              1








              1







              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






              share|improve this answer















              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







              share|improve this answer














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              • 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.

                – sevenkul
                Oct 19 '17 at 9:48





















              • 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.

                – sevenkul
                Oct 19 '17 at 9:48



















              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.

              – sevenkul
              Oct 19 '17 at 9:48







              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.

              – sevenkul
              Oct 19 '17 at 9:48













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