[Live-devel] problems with VPN

[Ross Finlayson]

>On one of my local computers, the 'test machine', I run 
>testMPEG4VideoStreamer.exe and
>stream a file. On another computer, the 'main machine',
>I receive the stream using VLC. If I sign in to my company's VPN (from
>the main machine) and then run VLC (provided that 
>testMPEG4VideoStreamer.exe was
>started a while ago and streaming a video file), either the VLC or the VPN 
>will crash.
>If I start the VLC before starting the VPN,
>nothing bad happens. I had tried using QuickTime as a receiver in this 
>set-up, it works fine.

That's odd...

I wonder if perhaps the problem might be multicast-related.  Have you also 
tried running the unicast version of the streaming server - i.e., 
"testOnDemandRTSPServer"?

>I have Windows XP on both machines, they are connected to Linksys router 
>by cables
>(no WiFi involved), the VPN is Windows-built-in one.

This sounds to me like a bug somewhere in Windows.  (Although, if VLC 
itself is crashing, then the VLC authors might be interested in trying to 
reproduce the bug, if possible.)


	Ross Finlayson
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