[Live-devel] Some kind of live file streaming in MediaServer

[Ross Finlayson]

>RTSP Media server has an option "Reuse source", so, if one user is 
>already receiving a stream, another user connected would have the 
>same.
>But if no one connected, the stream is stopped. My question is how 
>to start playing (something like streaming to null) even if no one 
>is connected. And if a user connects to RTSP server after 5 minutes, 
>he receives stream not from the beginning.

That's not a problem, because the server's streaming software will 
read from the input source object only when it actually needs data 
(to send to a client).  Therefore, as long as the input source object 
delivers data 'live', upon request, the system will work properly.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/