[Live-devel] testMPEG2TransportStreamer to Amino STB

[Morgan Tørvolt]

BTW. Streaming unicast from testMPEG2TransportStreamer to my computer,
and using VLC for recieve works perfectly.

-Morgan Tørvolt-

On 6/25/06, Morgan Tørvolt <morgan.torvolt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again. Thanks for the response.
>
> Is there not a way to use Live555 for unicast UDP streaming? In the
> testMPEG2TransportStreamer.cpp source code I find this:
>
>   // Note: This is a multicast address.  If you wish to stream using
>   // unicast instead, then replace this string with the unicast address
>   // of the (single) destination.  (You may also need to make a similar
>   // change to the receiver program.)
>
> Just below the IP address. Both unicast works flawlessly and multicast
> works partially (I think the problem is my switch actually) from VLC,
> so the STB definately knows how to handle both multicast and unicast.
> I use these URLs on the STB:
> (Streaming server IP: 10.0.0.20, STB IP: 10.0.0.25)
> unicast: udp://10.0.0.20:1234
> multicast: igmp://239.255.0.1:1234
> And of course set the destination IP and port in VLC.
> When I use your program i get a little garbage in the top part of my
> TV, but that is all.
>
> -Morgan Tørvolt-
>
>
>
> On 6/25/06, Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I have been trying to send a ts file to a Amino STB for a while now.
> > >Using testMPEG2TransportStreamer with VLC as a reciever works great,
> > >but to Amino STB does not work.
> >
> > That's because "testMPEG2TransportStreamer" streams using multicast,
> > which the Amino STB does not handle.
> >
> > >I have tried unicast and multicast, both without
> > >much success.
> >
> > You can't (easily) modify the "testMPEG2TransportStreamer" to use
> > unicast.  (Just changing the destination address won't be enough,
> > because the RTSP server still expects to send multicast.)
> >
> > To stream using unicast, use the "testOnDemandRTSPServer" demo
> > application.  It works with the Amino STB - see
> > http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#stb>
> >
> >
> >         Ross Finlayson
> >         Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE555.COM)
> >         <http://www.live555.com/>
> >
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