Supported rtsp formet on mobiles

Question

I need to know the URL formats supported by media player in MMAPI (JSR-135).
Using getSupportedContentType() method, I found that emulator does not support RTSP -- Only http links work on the emulator. The following link was tested successfully on the emulator with a player created using MMAPI (JSR-135) : http://localhost:8080/phantom.mpg
On device, both rtsp and http links are supported. On the device, the player created using MMAPI (JSR 135) is able to play the following links:
rtsp://123.123.123.123/public/metadata/pvmetadata.mp4
http:// localhost:8080/phantom.mpg
The following devices used for testing : Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson W910i.
On the device, the player created using MMAPI (JSR 135) could not able to play the following link:
rtsp://123.123.123.123/__MM__/dvs%3a1%3a102%7c123%7c150%7caudio%7cClientID%3d108%7c1%7c275%7c6335060020186878001%7c7%2f2%2f2008+12%3a56%3a41+PM%7c7610c6818031d4c4%7c
The native player(player of Sony ericsson mobile "walkmen 3.0 edition") (which does not depend on JSR 135) on the device was able to play the following links.
rtsp://123.123.123.123/__MM__/dvs%3a1%3a102%7c123%7c150%7caudio%7cClientID%3d108%7c1%7c275%7c6335060020186878001%7c7%2f2%2f2008+12%3a56%3a41+PM%7c7610c6818031d4c4%7c
Based on the above information, Can you provide me the URL formats supported by JSR 135 ? Is there any restriction on the URL format, such as encoded format, plain format, etc. ? Is it possible to add streaming or media related parameters to the plain format that can be understood by the player ?

Answer 1

RemoteAccess wrote:
ActiveX is NOT required on the WVC54GCA camera to view or manage...the only area that it is required is if you mess with the motion detection settings...thats it
RTSP does not require anything special except that you open port 554 (or alternate port if you select to use RTSP on a different port) and your mobile provider and hardware (phone) must support it
I have a verizon voyager that supports RTSP and verizon supports it too. Try playing videos at http://m.youtube.com - this uses RTSP and if this works, your phone can handle it. Enable it in your camera, open the ports and try the URL http://YourTZODomain.Linksys-Cam.com:554/xxxxx
(where xxxxx is the access code you set in the camera mobile streaming area)
Thanks RemoteAccess, that's great information but doesn't answer my initial question about HTTP vs. RTSP. (I have seen your posts before on how to configure RTSP and will test that when my cam arrives this afternoon).
My question really was to judge whether (on my supposedly unsupported iPhone) if viewing the cam via the web was the same as RTSP (minus the controls).
By the way... as a side note: I was able to view the videos at http://m.youtube.com on my iPhone. It brought up the main page within my browser and then when I selected a youtube video to watch, it launched the YouTube app on the iPhone and played. Hmm. I'll definitely have to test this further, but it looks promising.
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