[Live-devel] raw/udp in rtsp multicast setup

[Ross Finlayson]

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>On Friday 26 January 2007 15:16, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>>  Despite not being a standard, RAW/UDP streaming (for MPEG Transport
>>  Stream data only) is requested by some prominent RTSP clients (most
>>  notably Amino set-top boxes), and therefore we (reluctantly) support
>>  it in our RTSP server implementation.  All new RTSP clients, however,
>>  should request standard RTP streaming only.
>
>Ok, thanks. That does, however, raise the question about the usefulness of
>supporting raw/udp multicast at all. Especially since Amino (and
>Kreatel/Motorola, for that matter) STBs don't seem to support multicast over
>rtsp anyway.

And that raises the question of why you submitted a patch to support 
RAW/UDP multicast, given that no known client supports it :-)  :-)  I 
will, however, add your patch to the installed code, because it makes 
it more consistent.
-- 

Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/