[Live-devel] When streaming RTP over TCP, Live555 Proxy Server sometimes does not reconnect to 'back end' device

[Erik Montnemery]

> I've found one more more similar issue, the new one is triggered by the
> following sequence:
> - Connection to back-end server is torn down
> - The torn down connection triggers a read error which causes the socket to
>   be closed
> - If a client to the proxy at this point issues PLAY, the closed socket will
>   still be referenced, causing this error:
>   BasicTaskScheduler::SingleStep(): select() fails: Bad file descriptor
>
>   I've tried to solve this by overloading handleAlternativeRequestByte1 in
>   ProxyRTSPClient.
>   I'm currently testing this change.
After some fairly extensive testing, the change seems to work as intended.
Without the change, I see the error every few days
With the change, no error in more than two weeks
I've attached a proposed patch.
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