[Live-devel] Quicktime player 7.6.9 can't play x.264 bit stream file

[Ross Finlayson]

>I use the prebuilt live555 server binary and a .264 sample file 
>which is downloaded from live555 web site for testing h.264 
>streaming.
>I found that quicktime player version 7.6.9 can't play the stream. 
>After quicktime sucessfully connects to the live 555 server, the 
>quicktime
>only displays a scrolling bar and shows nothing. Is it a problem for 
>quicktime or live555?

Quicktime.  QuickTime Player apparently does not support the 
'profile' of H.264 video that was used to encode the ".264" file that 
you used.

If, however, you use the VLC client - http://www.videolan.org/vlc - 
you'll find that it can play the stream OK.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/