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

[Ross Finlayson]

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/>