[Live-devel] Problem of new support for unicast RTSP/RTP streaming from a single input source

[Mike Yan]

Hi Ross,

I have tested the new feature of RTSP server which supports multiple unicast
streaming. 
For using file source, the test went greatly when I put variable
"reuseFirstSource" to True.
But if I use live streaming source as set the input file name to "stdin", I
can't get anything from client (VLC player).
I checked my debug log and found out that live media library never try to
read buffer from "stdin" source. 
BTW, my live streaming source continuously feed data to "stdin" through
pipe.

The version of live.com is 2004.09.24. Could you check
"testOnDemandRTSPServer" test program to see if it can take the live input
source from "stdin"? Or it need something extra to make
"testOnDemandRTSPServer" program take data from "stdin".

Thanks in advance.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: live-devel-bounces at ns.live.com [mailto:live-devel-bounces at ns.live.com]
On Behalf Of Ross Finlayson
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:54 PM
To: live-devel at ns.live.com
Subject: [Live-devel] New support for unicast RTSP/RTP streaming from a
single input source

FYI, starting with the latest (2004.09.20) release of the "LIVE.COM 
Streaming Media" code, it is now possible for a RTSP/RTP server to stream 
to multiple clients from a single input source, rather than creating a new 
input source for each client.

This functionality is illustrated by the code for the 
"testOnDemandRTSPServer" test program.  By default, it plays each file from 
the beginning for each new client.  However, if you set the Boolean 
variable "reuseFirstSource" to True, each file being streamed will be 
opened for the first client only.  Subsequent clients (accessing the same 
file) will use a copy of the existing stream.

This functionality will be most useful for streaming from live input 
sources, because it ensures that only one copy of the input source will be 
open at any given time.  (E.g., you can demonstrate this using "stdin" as 
the input file name.)

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

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