>Hi Ross, > >Ross Finlayson wrote: >>> i think testMPEG1or2VideoStreamer is not using RTSP (correct me if i >>> am wrong) so .. can't MPEG4 media be also transmitted in the same way >>> through testMPEG4VideoStreamer ... > > >> No - MPEG-4 video is different. >> >> Because this is a frequently asked question, I have now added it to the FAQ: > > http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#rtsp-needed >Sorry for jumping in this thread, but this new FAQ makes me curious: is >the out-of-band transmission of MPEG4 global headers mandatory? > >I mean: my understanding of reading RFC 3016 is that configuration >information may be transmitted out-of-band, but we are not forced to do >so... Did I misunderstand something?
No, that is correct. However, if the config information is not carried at all (not even in-band, as part of the MPEG-4 video RTP stream), then receivers may not be able to decode the stream properly. -- Ross Finlayson Live Networks, Inc. http://www.live555.com/ _______________________________________________ live-devel mailing list live-devel@lists.live555.com http://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel
