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<blockquote>1.<x-tab> </x-tab>What use ,
if any, of multicasting is made by the Live555 Media
Server?</blockquote>
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<div>None - the "LIVE55 Media Server" streams via unicast
only.</div>
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<div>If you want to stream via multicast, use one of the
"test*Streamer" demo applications in the "testProgs"
directory.</div>
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<div>However, your bigger problem is the following:</div>
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<blockquote>2.<x-tab> </x-tab>We are
trying to run both pre-built and locally built versions of Live555
media server on an Intel x86 machine on Centos 5.2. When we
execute the "live555MediaServer" command, we get a return
showing 0.0.0.0 as the RTSP address:<b> Play streams from this server
using the URL</b> <a
href="rtsp://0.0.0.0/"><b>rtsp://0.0.0.0/</b></a><b><filename>.</b
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<div>This shows that there's a problem (unknown) with your network
interface, because both methods that we use to find the computer's IP
address are failing:</div>
<div>1/ Sending a multicast packet, receiving it, then looking at its
source address, and</div>
<div>2/ Calling "gethostname()" followed by
"gethostbyname()".</div>
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<div>Your first step should be to make sure that multicast is
configured properly - i.e., make sure you have a route for
224.0.0/4.</div>
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Ross Finlayson<br>
Live Networks, Inc.<br>
http://www.live555.com/</div>
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