[Live-devel] RTSP streaming

[Ross Finlayson]

>Hi everyone,
>
>I am totally new of live555 or RTSP. Currently I am studying how to 
>use live555 to build a RTSP server. I tried out the 
>'testOnDemandRTSPServer.exe' application, and it successfully setup 
>an RTSP server which can be visited by other machine in the local 
>LAN. However, when I tried to visit the server from the WAN, that 
>is, from machines outside the router, it appears that the server is 
>not receiving any request.
>
>Can someone tell me what is the reason to this problem

You have a firewall somewhere (between your client and server) that 
is blocking RTP/UDP packets.

>, and is there any workaround?

Fix your firewall.  Failing that, try having your client use RTP-over-TCP.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/