[Live-devel] openRTSP MP4 container

[Ross Finlayson]

> On Mar 19, 2021, at 4:30 AM, Tim Stanley <tim at dafanghacks.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are using openRTSP as part of a custom firmware for the a series of CCTV cameras

That’s cool.  (Remember that the LIVE555 code is distributed under the GNU LGPLv3 license; see http://live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#copyright-and-license )


> We are using openRTSP to capture an MP4 file that we can then send as a notification via Telegram. The Telegram app will only accept a video in an MP4 container so we are using the -4 flag. We have been having some playback issues in the Telegram app and after some debugging I have found that even though we are using the -4 flag the video is being encoded into a Quicktime container.

This is a ‘red herring’.  The MP4 file format *is*, basically, the QuickTime file format; see
	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_base_media_file_format#History


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