Re: [Live-devel] Server liveness

2012-02-18 Thread Ross Finlayson
> I was wondering if there is a way for the clients to check if the server is > still alive. Yes, you could listen for RTCP "SR" packets (that the server sends frequently), and close the client's connection if such packets (and, of course, regular data) doesn't arrive within a certain period of

[Live-devel] Server liveness

2012-02-16 Thread Marlon Reid
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way for the clients to check if the server is still alive. It may happen that the server dies unexpectedly and then I want all the clients to stop listening. I looked on the mailing list but I was unable to find a way to check server liveness. Any advise will