[Live-devel] How to get NPT from RTSPClient?

Ross Finlayson finlayson at live555.com
Tue Oct 18 05:27:00 PDT 2005


>How can I obtain the current NTP time instead?
>I mean, not the presentation time of the frame, but an NTP time that I
>can use for synchronizing the player's time and the streamer's time.

The "presentationTime" *is* time-synchronized with the sender.  See 
<http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#separate-rtp-streams>

>If RTP packets are delivered without delays (or with a constant delay),
>I can use the presentation time of the last received frame, but what can
>I do if RTP packets can be delayed (for example because the streamer is
>buffering some packets to deliver them at a constant bitrate)?

It doesn't matter.  The RTP/RTCP implementation automatically takes 
care of this.


	Ross Finlayson
	Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE555.COM)
	<http://www.live555.com/>



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