[Live-devel] Multicast Streaming

[Ross Finlayson]

>I use the live library for my master thesis project and encountered 
>the following problem.
>Everytime when I receive two different streams over multicast these 
>two streams get merged.
>I have two different senders which use different multicast addresses 
>but the same port number.

That's your problem - or, more precisely, the problem with your OS. 
Some OS's (including some versions of Linux) have a bug whereby 
incoming packets addressed to different multicast addresses, but the 
same port number, are not distinguished.

The solution is simple: Use different port numbers, as well as 
different multicast addresses.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/