[Live-devel] Media Server

[Ross Finlayson]

>i've been developing a media server using live555 media server. I'm 
>using two threads now, one running the media server the other 
>running a SSL server. I'm a little bit confused. I added a 
>ServerMediaSession(with lookupServerMediaSession) with the test.ts 
>file and later removed it. For some reason when i test this url 
>again, the server runs createNewSMS again, and creates the 
>mediasession! Is this me or is it checking again if there's any file 
>with that name?

Yes, that's the way that the "LIVE555 Media Server" is supposed to 
work: It automatically allows clients to stream from any file that's 
present in the same directory as the server, regardless of whether or 
not a "ServerMediaSession" object has already been created for the 
file.  (If no such "ServerMediaSession" object already exists, then 
the server will automatically create one.)

That's why the "LIVE555 Media Server" uses the "DynamicRTSPServer" 
class (which is a subclass of the regular "RTSPServer" class that has 
been programmed specifically for this behavior).

Instead, if you want direct control over which streams can be played 
(by controlling which "ServerMediaSession" objects are present in the 
server), then you should use the "RTSPServer" class, rather than the 
"DynamicRTSPServer" class.

Note, for example, the "testOnDemandRTSPServer" demo application.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/