[Live-devel] Detecting network failure

[Ross Finlayson]

>Previously I was watching RTPOverTCP_OK to determine when there was 
>a failure in TCP streaming, but that's since been removed.  How can 
>I determine when streaming has ceased because the network has failed 
>(my internet connection goes down, for example)?

You would detect this the same way that you would detect it for a UDP 
stream - e.g., because the server suddenly died.  (There's no need 
for a special hack just for RTP-over-TCP streams.)

E.g., you can periodically (i.e., using 
"TaskScheduler::scheduleDelayedTask()") check that new data keeps 
arriving (into whatever object you're feeding from your "RTPSource" 
subclass).  There's certainly no need to change any of the supplied 
"LIVE555 Streaming Media" code for this.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/