[Live-devel] Streaming to mobile device using live555.

Ross Finlayson finlayson at live555.com
Tue Jul 28 02:28:58 PDT 2009


>We are developing streaming application in which we want to stream 
>live video from server  to mobile  device (for example blackberry , 
>Iphone) using RTSP protocol and live555 library . We are planning 
>to use mpeg4 video for streaming as mobile device supports mpeg4 
>format. For this we tested streaming using  testMPEG4VideoStreamer 
>example we got stream on VLC player on another desktop PC but we are 
>unable to get stream on blackberry  mobile device simulator. Can we 
>directly use this sample for streaming to mobile device simulator or 
>any modification is required ?

"testMPEG4VideoStreamer" streams using multicast.  Not all networks 
and/or clients support IP multicast.

Instead, try using "testOnDemandRTSPServer" or "live555MediaServer", 
which stream via unicast (using RTSP/RTP).


>  We have encoder which gives us mpeg2TS, mpeg4 etc encoded data from 
>live video. How can we apply live video encoded data to live555 
>streamer.

Please read the FAQ!
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/


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