no authentication support?

[Unixware]

App works with the provided URLs but when trying to see my own camera says "Unfortunately, RTSP IP-Cam Viewer has syopped" I bet this app does not support pass protected rtsp streams ? thx

the URL is like this : rtsp://user:pass@xxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx:554/live/ch0

[warren-bank]

This little app offloads all RTSP playback to the ExoPlayer library, which the docs say does support BASIC and DIGEST authentication by embedding user:pass into the URL as you have done. Any incompability issue is really a question for their dev team; I don't know anything about the internals. Apologies.

Having said that, the app shouldn't crash when it encounters a video URL that it can't play. Any chance of seeing a logcat error that shows a strack trace to help identify where the error originates (and could be caught)? If not.. no problem.. I could probably figure it out without a trace.. but I'm not going to get around to looking at it for at least a few days.

[Unixware]

no worries, it is an old phone (4.4.4) , I ve trimmed the logcat from when your app starts log.txt

[warren-bank]

Thanks for the log! Seems to be a NullPointerException that happens in the method prepareExoPlayer.. which is called from here.

[warren-bank]

thoughts..

• adding a try/catch is the obvious workaround to prevent a crash, but it doesn't address why your RTSP stream isn't playing
• I'd be curious to know whether ExoAirPlayer can play your RTSP stream
  • it's another app that I wrote
  • it's a more general-purpose video player (with an HTTP "cast" API) that also uses ExoPlayer
  • a lot more work has gone into this app, and it initializes MediaItem objects very differently
  • it also supports RTSP video stream URLs
  • the easiest way to test it with one is to enter the RTSP video stream URL into this "sender"
  • I'm currently looking for a public IP cam that serves an RTSP stream with a URL that includes (demo) auth credentials.. but I'm have a hard time finding any that would make for a good test case
• neither app currently supports RTMP
  • feels like an oversight, since ExoPlayer does include an optional extension to add support for these streams
  • I'll probably look into adding this (to both) in the near future

[Unixware]

thanks again, but as I wrote above "no worries" - could be issue with the codecs of the android I m trying, an old Sony with unofficial ROM (4.4.4) - , many thanks for the help, take your time with this ...:-)

[warren-bank]

I never worry.. but that said, I am curious if my apps have a bug that should be fixed.

This recent issue appears to support that there is.. and that the underlying problem was with ExoPlayer's implementation.. which was fixed only a few days ago. Once they push a stable update, I'll publish updated releases for my apps (to use it). When that happens, I'd be curious to know if it fixes your issue.

[warren-bank]

regarding the demo RTSP stream they use in that issue to test..

This website lists both:

• rtsp://demo:demo@ipvmdemo.dyndns.org:5541/onvif-media/media.amp?profile=profile_1_h264&sessiontimeout=60&streamtype=unicast
• rtsp://demo:demo@ipvmdemo.dyndns.org:5542/onvif-media/media.amp?profile=profile_1_h264&sessiontimeout=60&streamtype=unicast

..but the server that the dynamic dns record resolves to is currently offline; I'll check again later.. maybe it'll be available at another time.

[warren-bank]

PS: I just found another bug that's completely unrelated to basic/digest auth..

I feel really dumb that I didn't originally test for this.. or maybe it was introduced later.. idk.

In any case.. when a low-res url is specified, but high-res is left blank.. then:

• the low-res plays in list/grid view
• when clicked to play fullscreen.. crash.. burn
  • the app tests for a null value, but the value is actually given an empty string by default
  • I'll fix this later tonight
  • it's very possible that this was the cause of your problem.. because it also results in a NullPointerException
  • as a test, just copy the same url that you used for low-res into the high-res field
  • to edit an existing video entry, click on its name (need to aim for the text)

[warren-bank]

I added several commits today.. making all of the fixes/improvements mentioned here. v02.03.00 is the newest release. I'll update again when ExoPlayer releases its next stable version.. to incorporate their fix for Basic auth.

[Unixware]

cheers !