<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I wish to play a RTSP stream using an open source media player based on ffmpeg.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Then I suggest that you use VLC <<a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">http://www.videolan.org/vlc/</a>>, because that media player is (1) open source, (2) uses "ffmpeg" for decoding, and (3) uses our "LIVE555 Streaming Media" code for its RTSP client implementation.</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Many open source communities also provide paid professional consultation to organizations and individuals for example to ffmpeg. Their developers are available for paid consultation. So, I am open to this idea too, but I am not sure if Live555 dev community provide such services. Let me know if there is any.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yes there is, but I generally charge $US250/hour or $US2000/day) for personal consulting, so this is usually not a service that is used by hobbyists.</div><div><br></div><div>To become familiar with the "LIVE555 Streaming Media" code, I suggest that you (1) familiarize yourself with the various demo applications (in the "testProgs" directory), and (2) read the FAQ. Unfortunately this code is not particularly suitable for people (or cultures :-) who feel they require lots of 'hand holding'.</div><div><br></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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