[Live-devel] Questions about live555 media server

[JD]

On 11/27/2010 10:32 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>> When I run the media server, it says it is unable to
>> determine my ip address:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------
>> $ live555MediaServer
>> LIVE555 Media Server
>>     version 0.42 (LIVE555 Streaming Media library version 2010.04.09).
>> Play streams from this server using the URL
>> rtsp://0.0.0.0:8554/<filename>
>> where <filename> is a file present in the current directory.
>> Each file's type is inferred from its name suffix:
>>     ".aac" => an AAC Audio (ADTS format) file
>>     ".amr" => an AMR Audio file
>>     ".m4e" => a MPEG-4 Video Elementary Stream file
>>     ".dv" => a DV Video file
>>     ".mp3" => a MPEG-1 or 2 Audio file
>>     ".mpg" => a MPEG-1 or 2 Program Stream (audio+video) file
>>     ".ts" => a MPEG Transport Stream file
>>         (a ".tsx" index file - if present - provides server 'trick 
>> play' support)
>>     ".wav" => a WAV Audio file
>> See http://www.live555.com/mediaServer/ for additional documentation.
>> Unable to determine our source address: This computer has an invalid 
>> IP address: 0x0
>> Unable to determine our source address: This computer has an invalid 
>> IP address: 0x0
>> Unable to determine our source address: This computer has an invalid 
>> IP address: 0x0
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> That is indeed strange.
>
> Not really.  The code uses multicast to (try to) figure out the host's 
> IP address.  This error is usually caused by not having IP multicast 
> configured properly on your system.
>
> Make sure that you have a route for 224.0.0/4
I found the source of the problem.
The firewall! I had to allow  route  to  224.0.0.0/4

It all works now. Thanks!!

Cheers,

JD