[Live-devel] Question Concerning OnExpire in rtcp_from_spec

[Ross Finlayson]

>I am having some difficultly understanding why a timeout of a 
>transmission of a RTCP BYE packet in the OnExpire function of 
>rtcp_from_spec.c necessitates an exit() call?  Is this condition 
>truly a fatal error for the RTSP server?

The code in "rtcp_from_spec.c" is (deliberately) an exact, unaltered 
copy of the RTCP timing code that's in the RTP/RTCP specification: 
RFC 3550.  That's why the call to "exit(1)" is there - it's in the 
RFC 3550 pseudocode.

You're right, though - we really shouldn't be exiting here.  A 
solution - which will be in the next release of the code - is to just 
redefine "exit()" as a noop in the header file ("rtcp_from_spec.h").
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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