[Live-devel] Question about trick play, server side

[edi87 at fibertel.com.ar]

Ross,

Thanks for your reply.

I checked the code mentioned, and it works as expected.
But now I have a question... is possible to do the same (stream only N mins of file, or make an infinite loop) from the server side?
Suppose I have no control over clients and I want them to see only first 10 minutes of 30 mins from a video, without need to cut the file?

About the loop, again a way to make the server to stream a video file in a loop or not, without need to change anything on the client side?

Thanks!


----- Mensaje original -----
De: Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com>
Fecha: Miércoles, Diciembre 1, 2010 1:32 am
Asunto: Re: [Live-devel] Question about trick play, server side

> >I'm new at live555, i read doxygen references and make some tests 
> to 
> >start understanding how it works.
> >Now i plan something to do, i think simple, I want to stream a 
> video 
> >file (.mpg) on demand, but with one feature... I want to specify 
> the 
> >duration to stream in seconds, or make it an infinite loop.
> 
> This is something that the *client* requests (using the RTSP 
> protocol).  It does not require any special support from the 
> server. 
> I.e., our existing, unmodified server code can do this.
> 
> 
> >So, suppose I have a video of 10 mins, I want to stream on demand 
> >only 1 min...
> 
> This is easy to do from your RTSP client (and, as I noted above, 
> without requiring any modification to server code).  Note, for 
> example, how the "openRTSP" demo application (a RTSP client) 
> implements the "-s <initial-seek-time>" and "-d <duration>" options.
> 
> 
> >  or make it an infinite loop, so when 10 mins are streamed to a 
> >client, it must restart from 0 again.
> 
> Again, this is easy to do - from the client.  Note, for example, 
> how 
> "openRTSP" implements the "-c" option.
> 
> See <http://www.live555.com/openRTSP/>, and the "openRTSP" source 
> code (in "testProgs/playCommon.cpp").
> -- 
> 
> Ross Finlayson
> Live Networks, Inc.
> http://www.live555.com/
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