[Live-devel] VLC RTSP Server and live555 testRTSPClient app

[Andrey Shvyrkin]

04.04.2014 8:09, Ross Finlayson ?????:
> The problem here is that VLC - when run as a RTSP server - is not 
> standards compliant.  It should be listening to incoming RTCP "RR" 
> packets from the client, and using them to tell it that the client is 
> still alive.  (Note that VLC's RTSP server implementation - unlike its 
> RTSP client implementation - does not use our software.)
>
> VLC - when run as a client - works around this bug by explicitly 
> sending a 'dummy' RTSP command ("GET_PARAMETER", I think) 
> periodically.  But it shouldn't have to, because RTCP "RR" packets 
> (which all compliant RTSP/RTP clients are required to send) should be 
> enough.  Please tell the developers of VLC to fix this bug.
>
> Alternatively, use some other RTSP server (such as ours), instead of VLC.
>
>
> Ross Finlayson
> Live Networks, Inc.
> http://www.live555.com/
>
>
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I modified "testRTSPClient" code and sent GET_PARAMETER command every 30 
seconds, but VLC respond error.


[URL:"rtsp://192.168.33.77:8554/media0"]: Started playing session...
Sending request: GET_PARAMETER rtsp://192.168.33.77:8554/media0 RTSP/1.0
CSeq: 5
User-Agent: C:\dev\Live555Viewer\Release\Live555Viewer.exe (LIVE555 
Streaming Me
dia v2014.03.25)
Session: 12d0ee350d27aa85
Content-Length: 2



Received 138 new bytes of response data.
Received a complete GET_PARAMETER response:
RTSP/1.0 451 Client error
Server: VLC/2.1.3
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:55:04 GMT
Content-Length: 0
Cache-Control: no-cache
Cseq: 5



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