Receiving video streams in Ventuz seems always to be a kind of mystery.
The existence of Windows ME II (aka Vista) doesn’t make things any better!
Recently a customer was struggling with streaming again so I decided to write this blog entry.
This is not meant as a complete specification – it´s more a collections of hints.
Generaly Ventuz supports video input stream via DirectShow. QuickTime streaming is not supported yet!
The stream ULR has to be specified in the File property of the Movie Clip node.
There are three protocols which can be used under XP: MMS, HTTP and UDP
MMS and HTTP should work without any additional efforts. A codec which is definitely working is WMV.
To stream MPEG2 via UDP you need e.g.:
http://www.elecard.com/products/products-pc/consumer/mpeg2-plugin-wmp/
Under Vista/ Win 7 MMS does not work because of:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mediasdkstuff/archive/2009/02/05/rendering-a-url-with-graphedit.aspx
Some MMS Urls can be rendered anyhow if you change the protocol of the Url from MMS to HTTP:
mms://steaming_url… -> http://steaming_url…
