2. When I set the resuseFirstsource variable to be true, I find that
only the first client is able to render the stream on VLC. The other
clients do get connected and I saw that the stream state gets
changed to playing for the subsequent clients, yet I am not able to
view the stream. However when its false, I can connect multiple
clients and all clients open the file handles accordingly.
Note that the "reuseFirstSource" variable should be set to True only
if you want to open the input source object only once, even if
multiple clients are simultaeously accessing the stream. I.e., you
usually set it to True only if your input source is a live stream
(e.g., from a video camera), because in this case, you want each
client to be fed from the single input source.
However, if you are streaming 'video on demand' - e.g., from files -
where you want each client to get its own copy of the input (starting
from the beginning), then you should set "reuseFirstSource" to False.
Even if you are streaming the *same* file to multiple clients, then
you should set "reuseFirstSource" to False, because in this case you
still want each client's stream to start from the beginning of the
file (i.e., you want the input file to be opened separately for each
client).
--
Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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