[Live-devel] Status of Live555 RTPS Client and Server using Stream over TCP

[Ross Finlayson]

>After doing a bit more digging in the code and on the web I've 
>discovered that the problem of not receiving RTSP commands after the 
>play command when using RTP-over-TCP streaming is a known problem 
>(although it is usually associated with the keep-a-live feature 
>(cough hack

The standard way for clients (using either RTP/UDP *or* RTP/TCP) to 
indicate their 'liveness' to the server is be sending back RTCP "RR" 
packets (which are a required part of the RTP/RTCP standard).  Our 
(server and client) supports this OK, even when doing 
RTP/RTCP-over-TCP.

I'm sorry, but once you've made modifications to the supplied code I 
won't (in general) be able to help you.  However, if you want to 
experiment with RTP/RTCP-over-TCP streaming, I suggest that you start 
using the (original, unmodified) "live555MediaServer" (or 
"testOnDemandRTSPServer" as your server, and "openRTSP -t" as your 
client.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/