[Live-devel] FIle sizes and openRTSP

[Ross Finlayson]

>I am playing an mpg file of about 6 MB size using the 
>live555MediaServer and the openRTSP client. I used the -Q option to 
>generate the QoS statistics. The statistics indicate that there are 
>no packet losses (I am performing local streaming). However, the 
>sizes of the audio and video file that are generated as a result of 
>openRTSP do not add up to the original file size. The difference is 
>given below. Does this mean that there are packet losses?

No.  It just means that a ".mpg" (i.e., a MPEG Program Stream file) 
contains header information that is not part of either the audio or 
video Elementary Stream data that is multiplexed within it.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/