Thanks for the detailed Information. I am using live RTP source as stream source to a subclass of OnDemandServerMediaSubsession. In this case RTP when source stops sending data , the application gets a message upon which i want to close the session.
On Mar 16, 2012, at 1:53 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote: >> How to invoke a RTCP BYE message to the client from the RTSP Server >> application (e.g testOnDemandRTSPServer) ? > > This will happen automatically when the stream ends - i.e., when the server > reaches the end of the file that's being streamed. There is nothing that you > need to do to get this; the server will send this automatically. > > There are exceptions to this, however. If the file being streamed has a > known 'range' - as reported in the SDP description that the server sends in > response to the RTSP "DESCRIBE" - then the server will not send a RTCP "BYE" > when it reaches the end of the file. The reason for this is that files with > a known range are typically also 'seekable'. By not sending a RTCP "BYE" > when the server reaches the end of this kind of file, the stream will be kept > alive, which allows the client - if desired - to seek backwards in the > stream, to replay part or all of it. > > In our current implementation, the following file types are 'seekable', have > a known 'range', and thus our server will *not* send a RTCP "BYE" when it > reaches the end of a file: > - DV video files > - MP3 audio files > - MPEG Transport Stream files (with corresponding 'index' files) > - WAV audio files > > A client that is receiving this kind of file therefore can't expect to > receive a RTCP "BYE" to signal 'end of stream'. Instead, it should call > "MediaSession::playEndTime()" (and "MediaSession::playStartTime()") to figure > out the duration of the stream, and set a timer for this duration. (See, for > example, the code for "testRTSPClient".) > > Other kinds of files - e.g., AC-3, AAC, AMR, H.264, MPEG-4 - do not have a > known 'range', are not 'seekable', and thus - for such files - the server > *will* send a RTCP "BYE" when it reaches the end of the file. > > > 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
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