[Live-devel] Beginner's problem on testMPEG1or2AudioVideoStreamer

[Ross Finlayson]

>\   When the clients use Quicktime to view the streamed video by entering
>"rtsp://192.168.100.6" or "rtsp://192.168.100.6:7777" or
>"rtsp://239.255.42.42" or "rtsp://239.255.42.42:7777"

You should use only the exact "rtsp://" URL that 
"testMPEG1or2AudioVideoStreamer" prints out (in the line beginning "Play 
this stream using the URL..").  Note that the IP address in the "rtsp:/" 
URL is the (unicast) IP address of the server, *not* the IP multicast 
address that the stream packets get sent to.

>is 192.168.100.6) as the played URL, Quicktime prompts us with 10049
>error, thus no video can be seen.

Does anyone know what the QuickTime "10049" error means?  (I don't)

>    However, when the clients play the file "testMPEG1or2AudioVideo.sdp"
>instead, it works and video can be seen.

That's a good sign, because it shows that multicast packets from 
"testMPEG1or2AudioVideoStreamer" are reaching your player OK.

>    Dose anyone help me to solve the following problem :
>  1.  How can the clients play  the streamed video by simply opening
>      "rtsp://<server IP address> : 7777" instead of using sdp file?

This should work (because you have enabled the built-in RTSP server).

You might want to check your QuickTime Player preferences to make sure that 
you're not asking for RTP-over-TCP transport.  (The built-in RTSP server 
does not yet support this.)

>  2.  How can the client play the streamed video by typing
>      "rtsp://239.255.42.42: 7777" in Quicktime since the server streams
>      the video out to the multicast address

No, that's not how RTSP works.


	Ross Finlayson
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