[Live-devel] Streaming H264 using Transport Stream

[Ross Finlayson]

>I managed to produce a TransportStream, but to do so, i had to use 
>the following setup:
>
>MySource -> MPEG2TransportStreamFromESSource -> 
>MPEG2TransportStreamFramer -> SimpleRTPSink
>
>without the H264VideoStreamDiscreteFramer. The Framer wants the NAL 
>units without the startcodes, but without the startcodes the 
>bytestream is no longer an valid ElementaryStream, so the output of 
>the Framer is no valid ElementaryStream and the result is, of 
>course, no valid TransportStream. The output of the encoder 
>including the startcodes is an valid ElementaryStream (see Annex B 
>of H.264 Standard), so all i needed to do is to  get rid of the 
>H264Framer and get the data (discrete NAL units with the startcodes) 
>directly to the MPEG2TransportStreamFromESSource.

Yes, you're correct.  That was an oversight on my part.


>As a matter of fact, the transport stream is not playable on iOS and 
>Android devices.

As I noted in my last message, I recommend that you first generate a 
Transport Stream *file*, and check whether VLC can play that file 
(i.e., locally; not streamed).
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/