[Live-devel] live555 library reading streams from WMS (Windows Media Server)

[Ross Finlayson]

>Folks:
>             Do any of you have any experience getting the live555 
>library to work exchanging video (especially reading from) a WMS 
>(Windows Media Server)?
>
>             I've encountered a bug with VLC, which is using the 
>live555 library to read video for rtsp, and though it mostly works, 
>it fails to handle end-of-stream issues correctly.

For the hundred billionth time: Windows Media Server is not standards 
compliant.  You cannot expect *any* standards-compliant media player 
client (like VLC or QuickTime Player) to work with it.  If you want 
to use VLC as a client, you should use another server.

If Windows Media Server does not signal end-of-stream correctly 
(using RTCP "BYE"), then that's certainly not a bug in VLC.
-- 

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