[Live-devel] streaming H264 unicast to multiple clients with same source

[Sundar]

Hi Ross,
Thanx for the kind response.

However, I tested the same code with a TS file and by setting the flag to
true, I could play the same file to all the clients; in a way that all
clients play the same stream from the same file as in a live camera stream.
And this is why I enabled the flag for the H264 input.

Are there any leads as to how I can debug this issue out?

Inputs are valuably welcome!

Thanx!
Sundar

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com>wrote:

>  2. When I set the resuseFirstsource variable to be true, I find that only
> the first client is able to render the stream on VLC. The other clients do
> get connected and I saw that the stream state gets changed to playing for
> the subsequent clients, yet I am not able to view the stream. However when
> its false, I can connect multiple clients and all clients open the file
> handles accordingly.
>
>
> Note that the "reuseFirstSource" variable should be set to True only if you
> want to open the input source object only once, even if multiple clients are
> simultaeously accessing the stream.  I.e., you usually set it to True only
> if your input source is a live stream (e.g., from a video camera), because
> in this case, you want each client to be fed from the single input source.
>
> However, if you are streaming 'video on demand' - e.g., from files - where
> you want each client to get its own copy of the input (starting from the
> beginning), then you should set "reuseFirstSource" to False.
>
> Even if you are streaming the *same* file to multiple clients, then you
> should set "reuseFirstSource" to False, because in this case you still want
> each client's stream to start from the beginning of the file (i.e., you want
> the input file to be opened separately for each client).
>
> --
>
>
> Ross Finlayson
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