[Live-devel] Number of viewers of a multicast video stream

[Ross Finlayson]

>1) the count is incremented only when the stream is viewed from a 
>receiver on a different host than the streamer's one.

Yes, but big deal...


>2) the count is not decremented when the stream is not viewed 
>anymore from a receiver...

Over time (once the record gets reclaimed) the count should get decremented.

In any case, the count can only ever be an *estimate* of the number 
of multicast receivers.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/