[Live-devel] RTSP: is random access possible on the server side?

[Ross Finlayson]

>Is that possible ?

In principle, yes.  However, server support for this kind of thing is 
(necessarily) media type dependent.  See 
<http://lists.live555.com/pipermail/live-devel/2005-March/002086.html>

>  Using VLC, there is a -start-time option that can 
>be provided at the creation of the RTSP stream, however, this is very 
>buggy

It shouldn't be.  Specifying a start time in the RTSP "PLAY" command 
is a well-established part of the protocol, and VLC's RTSP client 
implementation supports this, I believe.  However, it's up to the 
server to decide if and how to implement this.  As I noted in the 
link above, it works for some media types only.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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