[Live-devel] Problem trying to use libavcodec and live555

[Ross Finlayson]

>The next thing I have tried is this:
>
>file -> ffmpeg -> liveMedia -> network -> vlc
>
>This is where it fails. I decode the movie with av_read_frame, and 
>then I connect the output with a MPEG1or2StreamFramer, which is 
>connected with a MPEG1or2RTPSink.

That can't possibly work, because "MPEG1or2VideoStreamFramer" (and 
"MPEG1or2VideoRTPSink") expects to see *encoded* MPEG (1 or 2) video 
data, not raw (decoded) video data.

>  Does the liveMedia send decoded frames? does it encode them?

No to both.  The "LIVE555 Streaming Media" code does not include any 
encoders or decoders.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/