[Live-devel] Support for Kasenna Mediabase server (long story...)

[Ross Finlayson]

>1) Is there any VideoLAN independent patch that I can apply to Live555 source
>tree in order to connect to a Kasenna Mediabase server with openRTSP?

No.

For many years (at least 6), our RTSP client implementation included 
a gross hack to accommodate Kasenna's non-standard bastardization of 
the RTSP protocol.  But not anymore.  When our RTSP client 
implementation was overhauled earlier this year (to support 
asynchronous, non-blocking I/O), the 'Kasenna' hack (which was a 
*lot* of ugly code) was ripped out.

We are not going to support this non-standard crap again (search for 
the string "Kasenna" in "liveMedia/RTSPClient.cpp" for a further 
explanation).

We are far bigger than 'Kasenna' (in terms of installed base 
throughout the Internet), and are not going to bastardize our code to 
accommodate them.  *They* are the ones that need to fix their systems 
to make them standards-compliant.  (Or alternatively, you should just 
stop using their servers.)
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/