[Live-devel] live555 (via vlc) and WMS

[Ross Finlayson]

> I just hit an upgrade from live555-0-0.27.2010.04.09.fc14 to
> live555-0-0.30.2011.01.24.fc15 (rpmfusion builds for Fedora)

BTW, this might not be the latest version of the code (which is the only version that we support).  For information on how to check this, see
	http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#latest-version

In any case, I'm sorry to tell you that we no longer add special-case client code - based on the "Server:" header string - to handle bugs and non-standard behavior in specific servers.  (We stopped doing this about a year and a half ago.)  We had done this for several years, but it because it provided absolutely no incentive for the server manufacturers to fix their code, it just ended up leaving our code cluttered up with ugly hacks that never went away.  So, when I did a major cleanup/rewrite of the RTSP client code (about a year and a half ago), I removed the special-case hacks, and do not plan to reintroduce them.

Instead, when people discover bugs in servers, they need to report them to the server manufacturers (in this case Microsoft).  That's the best way to improve interoperability with other standard clients (i.e., not just ours).  Our code now has a sufficiently large installed base to help pressure server manufacturers to better conform to standards.

Alternatively, of course, there's always the possibility of switching to use a different server.


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/

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