[Live-devel] H.264 RTSP Streaming with QuickTime

[Ross Finlayson]

>I tried one more experiment couple of days back. I dumped a stream 
>prepared for RTSP streaming using QT Pro and analyzed the same. When 
>I analyzed the stream, I found that after sprop_parameter_sets, some 
>elements of "hinf" atom from QTFF were present in the stream. I am 
>not sure if this is really required for achieving H.264 display on 
>the screen

No, they're not.  The "hinf" atoms are for 'hinting', which is a 
trick used only by Apple's "QuickTime Streaming Server" when 
streaming the file.  They have nothing to do with playing the file, 
and are not required for playing the file.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/