[Live-devel] IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP error

Ross Finlayson finlayson at live555.com
Fri May 11 06:25:59 PDT 2007


>14:28:06 Groupsock(5: 232.34.164.65, 8888, SSM source: 
>192.168.2.46): failed to join group: setsockopt(IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP) 
>error: No such device
>14:28:06 Groupsock(6: 232.34.164.65, 8889, SSM source: 
>192.168.2.46): failed to join group: setsockopt(IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP) 
>error: No such device
>
>And VLC doesn't display anything. Same thing if I try to access it 
>with ffmpeg. What's wrong?

You don't have multicast configured properly on your client computer. 
(Make sure you have a route for 224.0.0/4 )

Also, of course, you will need to have multicast connectivity between 
your server and client.  (If you're on a LAN then that should not be 
an issue.)
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/


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