[Live-devel] streaming live channels

[Alex Antropoff]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 03:44:29PM -0800, Ross Finlayson wrote:
RF> >Hmm. May be I incorrectly describe my task...
RF> >I have some encoders(vlc), they do transcoding of video streams and send them
RF> >using multicast(H263/H264+AAC).
RF> >Each encoder generate it's own sdp.
RF> >
RF> >I need in rtsp server which will get source from encoders and send it via
RF> >unicast to rtsp clients(mobiles).
RF> 
RF> This seems ridiculously complex.  It's silly to have your encoder 
RF> stream via multicast, only to have this multicast traffic received by 
RF> another application that then streams via unicast.
Encoders runs dynamically,allowing load-balancing on >1 host, becides that
now I have to use different rtsp servers, because some mobiles use
custom sdp format in DESCRIBE. Sometimes one multicast stream used by different
rtsp servers.
RF> 
RF> Instead, just have your encoder feed directly (e.g., using a pipe, 
RF> via stdout/stdin) to a LIVE555 RTSP server application.
RF> -- 
Direct feed will limit me to have one host for
encoding and streaming.


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Regards, 
Alex Antropoff