[Live-devel] RTSP Redirect

[Ross Finlayson]

>I have a similar RTSP complexity.  My application RTSP client connects to
>an RTSP Server on an embedded device.  The device can receive a multicast
>TS and decode MPEG video/audio for analog output to monitor and speakers.

Then why is your device a RTSP *server*??  The whole point of RTSP is 
that the server is the entity that has the media that is to be 
delivered.  Your device doesn't have the media - it *receives* the 
media.

If your device receives and decodes multicast TS/RTP packets, but is 
not actually in charge of controlling playback, then there is no need 
for it to be involved in RTSP at all.  Instead, just have your 
separate RTSP client ask to play the stream, from the real RTSP 
server.  The server (assuming that the stream is multicast) will then 
multicast the stream.  All your client then has to do is tell your 
device the multicast address and port of the incoming multicast 
stream.

Either that, or put the RTSP client functionality on your embedded 
device rather than keeping it separate...
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/