<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; position: static; z-index: auto; " background="" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"><div><font color="#005080" face="Trebuchet MS"><span class="933210607-17022012">I
was wondering if there is a way for the clients to check if the server is still
alive.</span></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yes, you could listen for RTCP "SR" packets (that the server sends frequently), and close the client's connection if such packets (and, of course, regular data) doesn't arrive within a certain period of time (e.g., within 30 seconds).</div><div><br></div><div>Note the function "RTCPInstance::setSRHandler()" (in "liveMedia/include/RCTP.hh").</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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