[Live-devel] How to parameter the SETUP request using the RTSPClient object

[Ross Finlayson]

>I am developing a RTSP client that has to send RTSP requests to a 
>RTSP server. To do that, I use the RTSPClient object.
>
>I would like to know if it is possible to parameter the SETUP 
>request so that the media will be sent to another address that the 
>address of the client. In the RTSP RFC, it is said that the string 
>"destination=..." can be added to the Transport field of the SETUP 
>request to specify where you want the media to be sent. Is it 
>possible in the LiveMedia library?

No, not without modifying the existing code.

Note, though, that most RTSP servers, by default, will *not* handle a 
"destination=" parameter in the RTSP "SETUP" "Transport:" header, 
because this would make it possible for a client to use this to set 
up a denial-of-service attack against a third party.  Therefore, you 
should not depend upon being to ask a server to send a stream to a 
different address.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/