[Live-devel] mediaServer MP4 support

[Joao Almeida]

>From Matroska developpers:
 
"Live streaming is the equivalent of TV broadcasting on the internet. There are 2 families of servers for that. The RTP/RTSP ones and the HTTP servers. Matroska is not meant to be used over RTP. RTP already has timing and channel mechanisms that would wasted if doubled in Matroska."
 

 
From: finlayson at live555.com
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:17:54 -0700
To: live-devel at ns.live555.com
Subject: Re: [Live-devel] mediaServer MP4 support

I'm not planning on supporting streaming from 'MP4'-format files anytime soon, because:	1/ It'd be a lot of work.  (Live Networks, Inc. is not a charity.)	2/ The MP4 file format is patent-encumbered, and unfortunately this company is based in a country (USA) in which software patents apply.	3/ We already support streaming from 'Matroska'-format files (a file format that is not patent encimbered).
So, if you can, I suggest converting to Matroska files, and streaming those.


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



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