[Live-devel] Does the proxy server pull the source stream only when the output stream is being consumed?

[Ross Finlayson]

> Does the proxy server only start pulling the source stream when there are one or more consumers of the output stream? When all consumers of the output stream go away, does the proxy server stop pulling the source stream?

When the “LIVE555 Proxy Server” is started, it contacts the remote (‘back-end’) server to get information about the stream (using the RTSP “DESCRIBE” command), but does not actually play (i.e., receive) the stream until the first ‘front-end’ client connects to the proxy server.

And when the last ‘front-end’ client has disconnected from the proxy server, the proxy server will pause the stream from the ‘back-end’ server (by sending a RTSP “PAUSE” command).


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