[Live-devel] Responding GET_PARAMETER causes VCL stop

[Ross Finlayson]

>I impliemented a LIVE555 RTSP server, and connected it by VLC as a client.

Our RTSP server will keep streaming to a client (and keep its RTSP 
connection open) as long as it keeps receiving an indication that the 
client is 'alive'.  A client is considered to be 'alive' if the 
server receives a RTCP packet from the client, and/or receives any 
RTSP command (including "GET_PARAMETER").

VLC - as a RTSP/RTP client - does both of these: it frequently sends 
RTCP RR (Reception Report) packets (because RTCP is a manditory part 
of the RTP/RTCP protocol), and it also periodically sends 
"GET_PARAMETER" commands.

Therefore, if a VLC client communicates with a LIVE555 RTSP server, 
the connection should not end prematurely.  (If it does, then the 
cause must be something unrelated to VLC or LIVE555 - perhaps a 
network or firewall problem.)
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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