[Live-devel] Streaming H264: quality issue

[Ross Finlayson]

>I then stream video.ts using live555, and play it using vlc. 
>Although I do get something on VLC, the quality is very bad (I get 
>good quality with MPEG2 videos).

What happens if you just *play* your "video.ts" file using VLC - 
i.e., just play it as a local file, rather than streaming it?  If you 
get the same video quaility problems when you (try to) play the file 
locally, then the problem is with VLC, not our code, and you'll need 
to ask about it on a VLC mailing list.

If, however, your problem occurs *only* when you stream your file to 
VLC, then the problem is either (i) your network does not have enough 
bandwidth, or (more likely) (ii) there is a problem with the PCR 
timestamps in your TS file.

>Maybe using a TS container is not very optimal for streaming H264 ? 
>I noticed that live555 also support m4e files, but could not find a 
>way to generate such a file.

Irrelevant.  ".m4e" files are for (regular) MPEG-4 Elementary Stream 
Video, not H.264 video.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/