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

[Alexander]

But the problem is that 'live source'. It should be possible to stream live,
for example, into named pipe to be streamed by your server to end users.
When server do not request data, the 'live' source emulator should skip as
much file data as much time passed (according to file's bit rate). So, the
emulator should parse TS container itself. But this duplicates your server's
functionality!
I am absolutely sure, that your server could emulate live source with only
few modifications.

Similar functionality presents in Microsoft Windows Media Services. It can
create broadcast publishing points on RTSP/HTTP server. These points use
file playlists. When a publishing point is started by administrator,
playlist plays virtually even if no one is connected.


On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com>wrote:

> 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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