[Live-devel] openRTSP and video sequences

[Ross Finlayson]

>I am using openRTSP to record streaming video from an AXIS video
>server.  I am able to capture MPEG4 video files perfectly, and they
>play back in Quicktime and WMP just fine.
>
>However, what I need to do is record the stream in small chunks (say 1
>minute long) and then later be able to tack them together to make a
>continuous video.  I just use the -e 60 option to create 60-second long
>segments, and loop it in a shell script.
>
>The problem is, there is always around a 1/3 second time gap between
>the files, which causes a "jump" in the resulting concatenated video.
>
>Is there any way to seamlessly create segmented video like this with
>openRTSP?

Not with the application as it currently stands.  However, it might 
be possible to modify the code ("QuickTimeFileSink") to do this.

However, because you are already able to record a single, working 
MPEG-4 file for the entire stream, I suggest that you instead start 
from this, and look for a separate application that can split up this 
MPEG-4 file into (e.g., 1-minue segments).  I.e., instead of trying 
to find a way to first record 1-minute files, which you later join 
together into a single file, record a single file that you later 
split into 1-minute segments.  I realize that this may not be what 
you're looking for, but it seems to me like an easier approach...


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