[Live-devel] Making ProxyServerMediaSubsession stream to multicast addresses

[Ross Finlayson]

> Ok, that clears it up a bit. And as PassiveServerMediaSubsession would multicast it would do it all the time, regardless of
> if anyone actually receives the stream, right? Not all of the backend cameras are interesting all the time though, so this also
> requires some consideration as network bandwidth is finite after all.

Yes, although the way that IP multicast routing is implemented, if nobody else is currently subscribed to the multicast address, then the multicast packets will not leave the sender's local area network.

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

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