Cannot Stream Media from 8.1.7 with RealServer 8.0

Question

Windows Professional 2000
DB = 8.1.7
Running 9iAS 1.0.2.2 (Apache)
Verified interMedia option was installed with:
@<ORACLE_HOME>\ord\im\admin\imdbma.sql (on Windows NT)
(where <ORACLE_HOME> is the Oracle home directory)
Returned with Installed
Downloaded & installed RealServer 8.0, Modified the rmserver.cfg
to reflect my local machine. Started servce: Loaded Admin Page.
Worked.
Stopped RMServer, Downloaded Oracle's Plugin and placed it into
the RealServer\Pluggins directory.
Downloaded the Test sample (Racecar and Film Clip). Modified
the test.html (two links) to point to my local machine.
Started RM Server. No Errors in log other than it was not
licensed.
Error: "Requested File Not Found, the Link you followed my be
innaccurate or outdated" rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/dbvideo/'1'
I tested the RealPlayer by just playing a file that is in the
ProgramFiles\Real\RealServer\Content. I typed in the URL the
following:rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/real8audio.rm. This worked.
Please Help.
Chase.

Answer 1

If I look in qtff3260.dll in the plugins directory, I see a mimetype of application/x-pn-quicktime-stream there. I assume that this is the mimetype that realserver expects.
I typically use the strings command with grep to discover the necessary mimetype for a particular file format from the shared objects (or DLLs) in the realserver plugins directory since real does not publish this information.
Try the above mimetype and see if it works. I have streamed quicktime from realserver to a quicktime player in the past.
I would suggest mimetype mapping be used in a PL/SQL procedure used by the plugin.
For example:
create or replace procedure GetVideo
(DATA OUT BLOB,
MIMETYPE OUT VARCHAR2,
ID IN NUMBER )
is
MT VARCHAR2;
begin
select t.video.GetContent(),
t.video.GetMimeType()
into
DATA,
MT
from movies t
where t.item_ID = ID;
-- Mimetype mapping
if INSTR(MT,'real') > 0
MIMETYPE := 'audio/x-pn-realaudio';
elif INSTR(MT,'qt') > 0 or INSTR(MT,'quicktime') > 0
MIMETYPE := 'application/x-pn-quicktime-stream';
-- Any other formats you might want to support here
else
MIMETYPE := MT;
endif
end;
Larry