[Live-devel] Multicast IP and Port question

[Ross Finlayson]

>I was testing the normal testMPEG1or2AudioVideoStreamer with different
>multicast address and same port. I found that the receiver will see
>cross-over of both data.

That's not supposed to happen, but it depends on the OS.  The tuple of 
(multicast address, port number) is supposed to identify an independent 
destination.  However, some OS's are buggy, and don't handle duplicate port 
numbers this way.

>  How about Live.com? I think you made the same assumption, too. Am I wrong?

Yes, you're wrong.  The LIVE.COM code doesn't 'assume' anything about 
this.  It's an OS issue.


	Ross Finlayson
	LIVE.COM
	<http://www.live.com/>