<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Unfortunately it appears to happen on all branded cameras I have to test: ACTi, Sony, Axis, D-Link, Vivotek and Lilin.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>I find this very difficult to believe - especially considering that nobody else has reported this problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Nonetheless, because you provided definitive evidence of at least one buggy server, I've now installed a new version (2013.04.04) of the code that should avoid crashing this server. The proxy code will now always sends "OPTIONS" - rather than "GET_PARAMETER" - as the 'liveness check' command, unless the server explicitly indicated (by a "Session:" header "timeout" parameter in the "SETUP" response) that it wants to receive periodic in-session "GET_PARAMETER" commands instead. (Some servers have another bug whereby they don't use RTCP "RR" packets - from the client (or proxy) - to indicate client (or proxy) liveness.)</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>It appears to be a very typical response to kill the connection when receiving a GET_PARAMETER during a playing stream on all major IP cameras - which as I understand is against the standard :(</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yes, but I still find it strange that nobody else has reported this. (It would be nice to get independent confirmation of this from a professional user, and also have this bug reported to the camera manufacturer(s)!)</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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