[Live-devel] live.com streaming libraries and mobile phones

[Cavalera Claudio]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ross Finlayson [mailto:finlayson at live.com] 
>Sent: giovedì 25 marzo 2004 19.03
>To: LIVE.COM Streaming Media - development & use
>Subject: Re: [Live-devel] live.com streaming libraries and 
>mobile phones
>
>
>
>>My fault .. I want to create a live stream using the library 
>that will 
>>be
>>viewed from the phone over the Internet.
>
>As far as I know, '3GPP' uses the open standard RTSP/RTP/RTCP 
>protocols for 
>streaming, and uses the MPEG-4 video and AAC audio RTP payload 
>formats, 
>which the LIVE.COM code also supports.

I thought that the free version of LIVE.COM code didn't support AAC audio.

>So, it should be possible to run the LIVE.COM server code - e.g., 
>"testOnDemandRTSPServer" - to serve MPEG-4 audio streams or AMR audio 
>streams, and receive/play these streams on a mobile phone.  This is 
>assuming, of course, that the phone doesn't use some sort of separate 
>authentication mechanism to ensure that only 'approved' 
>streams can be played.

AFAIK, this depends on the policies applied by the operator who provides the Internet Access.

>But generally, I know of no reason why a stream served by a LIVE.COM 
>RTSP/RTP server could not be played on a '3GPP' mobile phone.  
>If someone 
>has such a phone, and is willing to try this out, please let 
>us know what 
>you find.

FYI I have successfully streamed "test.amr", however while on LAN it worked nice, over the air the quality was poor.
Maybe that could have been a bandwitdh problem or some strange RTCP handling.
Is it possible to stream some MPEG-4 video also?

Regards,
Claudio