RTSP Client in Android

Question

The same question might have been asked but I didn\'t find any solutions available for me.

I\'m trying to play RTSP stream in android and the server is Darwin stream

Answer 1

Its quite easy and interesting task in android.

Just Follow the instructions.

1- Install VLC on your computer (SERVER) and go to Media->Streaming (Ctrl+S) 2- select a file to stream or if you want to stream your webcam or... click on "Capture Device" tab and do the configuration and finally click on "Stream" button. 3- here you should do the streaming server configuration, just go to "Option" tab and past the following command:

:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=400,fps=10,width=176,height=144,acodec=mp4a,ab=32,channels =1,samplerate=22050}:rtp{sdp=rtsp://YOURCOMPUTER_SERVER_IP_ADDR:5544/}

NOTE: replace YOURCOMPUTER_SERVER_IP_ADDR with your computer IP address or any server which is running VLC...

NOTE: You can see, the video codec is MP4V which is supported by android.

4- go to eclipse and create a new project for media playbak. create a VideoView object and in the OnCreate() function write some code like this:

mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);

mVideoView.setVideoPath("rtsp://YOURCOMPUTER_SERVER_IP_ADDR:5544/");
mVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));

5- run the apk on the device (not simulator, i did not check it) and wait for the playback to be started. please consider the buffering process will take about 10 seconds...