[Live-devel] Streaming past a firewall.

[Neil Alexander]

OK, I'll bite. How the heck do I do the RTP over RTSP? How is the  
request formed? Do I need to do anything to my ondemandserver stuff?

Thanks,

Neil Alexander

On Sep 27, 2005, at 2:16 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:

>
>
>> I'm attempting to stream outside my firewall.
>>
>
> Your problem isn't really that you have a firewall; it's that you  
> have NAT (network address translation).  As I noted a couple of  
> months ago:
>
> ---------------
> Unfortunately RTSP doesn't work well over NATs, because of all of  
> the explicit port numbers and IP addresses that are present in RTSP  
> requests and response.
>
> However, if your client requests RTP-over-RTSP (i.e., receiving RTP  
> packets over the RTSP TCP connection), then it will probably be  
> able to receive the stream, provided that it is able to make the  
> initial RTSP connection to the server.
>
> So, I suggest that you configure your client to request RTP-over- 
> RTSP streaming.
> ------------------
>
>
>> Finally, there is about 3 seconds of buffering on the receiving  
>> end. Any way to shorten or eliminate that?
>>
>
> No, not in QuickTime Player - this delay is built in to it.
>
> Instead, I recommend VLC, which is a superior player anyway.
>
>
>     Ross Finlayson
>     Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE555.COM)
>     <http://www.live555.com/>
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