[Live-devel] How to invoke second ( and subsequent) streams on live555 media server?

[Ross Finlayson]

>So, when live555 Media Server starts up, it prints out a url of the form
>*rtsp://serverip:serverport.*
>
>Running a media client, I can start up a unicast stream by providing a
>url of the form *rtsp:/serverip:serverport/file_to_be streamed.
>*
>Now, when I want to run a second stream, say of the same file delayed by
>30 seconds, is that allowed?

 From the server's point of view, yes.  Our server can handle multiple 
requests for the same, or different, streams, at arbitrary times.

Most RTSP *client* applications, however, do not support playing more 
than one stream.  Although VLC is not our software, I'm fairly sure 
that that is true for VLC (when used as a RTSP client).  Therefore, 
if you want to use VLC to play more than one "rtsp://" URL (or the 
same "rtsp://" URL at different times), then you will need to run 
more than one copy of the VLC application.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/