live555 Server streaming x264 not working, how to debug?

Question

Before diving into the SDK Version, i simply tried to stream an x264 encdoed video to VLC. Streaming MP3 Works, but x264 takes a while then i get an error, that vlc cannot open the file.

1) Downloaded Live555 Server

2) Started EXE which states the url to use as: rtsp://172.18.1.85/<filename>

3) In VLC i am using: rtsp://172.18.1.85/fantastic.264 As the server output says "Each files type is inferred from it's name suffix" so i renamed the file from fantastic.mp4 to fantastic.264

As i've stated an mp3 stream works fine in the same directory where fantastic.264 is placed.

Answer 1

The file ending was correct but it wasn't an "elementary h264 stream". So I had to reconvert it to an elementary h264 file.

Quick Fix:

ffmpeg -i fantastic.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -f h264 fantastic.264 

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