> Yes, ONVIF have added some extensions to achieve their goals. My 
> understanding is that these extensions are allowed by the SDP and RTP 
> standards. In case you are interested, I believe the ONVIF objective is to 
> represent a set of non-contiguous media clips as a single container (a bit 
> like a VOB but without the continuity of chapters). Imagine two video clips 
> with duration T1 to T2 and T3 to T4 then the SDP would return a duration of 
> T4-T1.

If you like, feel free to post a specific example of the type of SDP that you 
want your server to be able to handle, along with a reference to a document 
that describes the intended semantics of this uses of SDP.


> During replay, the RTP timestamp header extension is used to indicate to the 
> client the discontinuity at the T2 to T3 boundary. I don’t think it’s 
> intended for human viewing in a player but for transfer of recordings from a 
> camera to an archiver. I think this uses a valid timestamp header extension 
> of the RTP spec but “bends” the SDP specification as it is not envisaged but 
> not forbidden.

OK, then you're definitely out of luck (for now), because we currently don't 
implement RTP header extensions.


> However it is an unusual use case so is probably not of interest to the 
> majority of LIVE555 stakeholders.

I am the only "LIVE555 stakeholder" :-)


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/

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