GstRtspSink - Client Applications

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This page helps developers choose a client for validating rtspsink streams. It provides the minimum commands needed to test the published RTSP URLs with common clients and explain which depayloaders and decoders correspond to each format.

Why a client compatibility matters

A server pipeline is only half of the workflow. rtspsink streams are compatible with standard RTSP client side players, including GStreamer, VLC and Totem.

Problems running the pipelines shown on this page? Please see our GStreamer Debugging guide for help.

GStreamer Client

The most quick methods to validating a RTSP stream with GStreamer are with playbin or gst-play.

Playbin

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

gst-launch-1.0 playbin uri=rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING}

gst-play

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=/stream

gst-play-1.0 rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING}

rtspsrc with decodebin

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location=rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING} ! decodebin ! autovideosink

rtspsrc with depayloader and decoder

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

gst-launch-1.0 rtspsrc location=rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING} ! <depayloader> ! <decoder> ! queue ! autovideosink

where <depayloader> and <decoder> match one of the following:

Table 1. Depayloaders and decoders associated to each format.
Format	Depayloader	Decoder
MPEG4	rtpmp4vdepay	avdec_mpeg4
H264	rtph264depay	avdec_h264
VP8	rtpvp8depay	vp8dec
MJPEG	rtpjpegdepay	avdec_mjpeg
AAC	rtpmp4adepay	avdec_aac
AC3	rtpac3depay	avdec_ac3
PCMU	rtppcmudepay
PCMA	rtppcmadepay
OPUS	rtpopusdepay	avdec_opus

VLC

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

vlc rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING}

Totem

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

totem rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING}

MPlayer

USER=user
PASSWORD=pass
IP_ADDRESS=192.0.0.1
PORT=12345
MAPPING=stream

mplayer rtsp://${USER}:${PASSWORD}@${IP_ADDRESS}:${PORT}/${MAPPING}

Related pages

FAQ

Which client should I use first?: Using gst-play or VLC are often the quickest paths to testing, and a GStreamer client pipeline with rtspsrc and specific depayloader, and decoder is best for debugging and optimization.
What IP address should I use on the client side?: The address of the host in which rtspsink is running.

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