<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">I see that the OPTION command is used for keeping a stream alive. I <br>there a better command that can be used that can also indicate the <br>stream is still running?</blockquote><div><br></div>Not really. Every server should support "OPTIONS".</div><div><br></div><div>("GET_PARAMETER" could also be used, but some servers don't support this.)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite">// Choose a random time from [delayMax/2,delayMax) seconds:</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br>If delayMax is choosen, and a camera reports timeout=XX, should XX ever <br>be used?</blockquote><div><br></div>It *is* used - to compute "delayMax". (Note the call to "sessionTimeoutParameter()", which returns this value.)</div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">I think a delayMax should never be used, but something less than the max?<br></blockquote><div><br></div>The code does this - that's why the comment in the code says "[delayMax/2,delayMax)", rather than "[delayMax/2,delayMax]".</div><div><br></div><div>In any case, a standards-compliant server (e.g., network camera) should also be using RTCP "RR" packets - sent by the proxy server - to indicate liveness. It should not be relying just upon the periodic "OPTIONS" commands.</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------</div><div>A reminder to everyone, once again: If anyone is having a problem with one particular third-party server or client, then I need to hear *directly* from the manufacturer of that third-party server or client. (Via the "live-devel" mailing list is OK.) I will not spend any time debugging (or attempting to 'work around') a buggy third-party server or client solely via an intermediary.</div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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