I am using the 'testOnDemandRTSPServer' to support unicast streaming
of MPEG transport streams to a PC running VLC. This is working with
no problems. When I started the 'Live555 Media Server' was
unavailable. Now I am interested in adding multicast support to the
RTSP Server I'm running. From reading your responses to prior posts
to this message board, neither 'testOnDemandRTSPServer' nor 'Live555
Media Server' support multicast playback (I'm assuming this is still
the case). In order to support mutlicast,
'testMPEG1or2VideoStreamer' would have to be integrated/started to
allow the running RTSP Server to perform mutlicast playback. Is
this correct or has multicast support been incorporated into an RTSP
Server?
Yes, our RTSP server implementation supports multicast streams. This
is demonstrated in the various "test*Streamer" demo applications.
E.g., You can demonstrate this by uncommenting the line
//#define IMPLEMENT_RTSP_SERVER 1
in "testProgs/testMPEG1or2VideoStreamer.cpp".
Does the existing RTSP Server & streamer software support
the RFC's 2326's multicast example (below)?
Yes.
If it does would it be able to handle having the client set the
multicast IP destination & port in the setup command?
No, because that is a silly idea. It's the role of the server, not
clients, to choose whether - and with what address/port - a stream is
multicast. See
http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2007-February/006273.html
Is there a client already available that supports having the client
setup the multicast destination & port
No.
--
Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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