Does FFMPEG support RTSP authentication?

Question

Such as...

rtsp://user:pass@x.x.x.x/VideoString

Answer 1

Yes, ffmpeg does support RTSP authentication using the ffplay command.

Try using the ffplay command instead:

ffplay rtsp://user:pass@x.x.x.x/VideoString

This works for me.

source (adapted from the commands used to authenticate ftp and others using the same syntax):

ffmpeg.org

Answer 2

I spent whole weekend on it (ffmpeg 07/07/2014) and can say -NO! Perhaps ffmpeg has RTSP codes for digest/auth, but they do not work there. I always got 401 error from IP camera with digest/auth and good work with basic/auth.

VLC with live555 works well with any authentication.

Answer 3

ffmpeg support rtsp authentication i think you might be missing quotes covering rstp URL.

examples:

Not working :

ffmpeg -i rtsp://user:pass@x.x.x.x/VideoString

Working :

ffmpeg -i "rtsp://user:pass@x.x.x.x/VideoString"

Answer 4

It has been quite q while, not sure what's the story back in 11, but yes, ffmpeg now support so.

ffmpeg -i rtsp://user:pass@x.x.x.x/VideoString

works.

Answer 5

Yea Im having problems with this too. It seems Digest authentication is missing. there are a few mailing list comments about adding it in. see http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/yR2T4nBtThzJs27hqDLb but nothing conclusive.

Please be aware that HTTP basic authentication is passed in the URL string as in your example but digest is md5 encoded and passed as a separate element in the HTTP request.

also the http://www.live555.com/ library does support http/digest authentication, i have tested, it works.

to test conectivity use the testProgs in live555

live/testProgs/openRTSP -4 -u admin admin -w 1280 -h 720 -f 20 rtsp://192.168.0.2/defaultPrimary?streamType=u > testmovie.mp4

Answer 6

FFmpeg appears to support Digest authentication, at least as of this March 25, 2010 commit: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/855e7732c6bcc7d52cd0863407a721c2bf00fcf1

The logic implementing the digest computation is mostly in this file: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavformat/httpauth.c

According to this changelog, that made it into the version 0.6 release:

• HTTP Digest authentication