[Live-devel] GET_PARAMETERS used as a ping request and VLC

[Cristiano Belloni]

Glen Gray wrote:
> On 26/11/09 00:28, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>> Yes, by modifying the code in "RTSPServer.cpp" :-)
>>
>> Until we fix the problem (at least at the server end), that's the 
>> only way I can see to overcome this issue - unless VLC is fixed to 
>> not use "GET_PARAMETER" as a client liveness indicator.  It doesn't 
>> really need to do this, because RTCP already acts as a (much better) 
>> client liveness indicator.  But perhaps the VLC developers did this 
>> in order to support some other (broken) server implementation that 
>> didn't recognize RTCP "RR" packets from the clients??
>
> Yes, the K word would follow here. However, if I recall correctly, it 
> only ever sends the GET_PARAMETER messages as a keep alive if the 
> server reports back a timeout value as part of the setup.
>
That's good news. Eventually, how could one choose not to send the 
timeout value? RTSPServer.cpp modify or there's a better solution?

Regards,
Cristiano.

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