> On Aug 22, 2020, at 2:11 AM, Simon Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to send a live transport stream over RTSP. I initially tested
> with testMPEG2TransportStreamer having modified it to pull from stdin and got
> results, though there was significant picture break up/dropped frames because
> it was using UDP.
The main difference between “testMPEG2TransportStreamer” and the “LIVE555 Media
Server” (and “testOnDemandRTSPServer”; see below) is that the former streams
RTP over UDP multicast, whereas the latter streams (by default) RTP over UDP
unicast. It sounds like the bitrate of your encoded transport stream is
approaching (if not exceeding) the capacity of your network. This is something
that you should fix (e.g., by reducing the resolution and/or frame rate of your
encoder). (Note that you CANNOT fix this by trying to stream RTP-over-TCP; you
need to reduce the bitrate of your stream.)
> So instead I've started using live555MediaServer because that can do the
> same thing. I've gratuitously modified
> MPEG2TransportFileServerMediaSubsession::createNewStreamSource to change
> liveStream.ts to "stdin" on the filename.
Instead of modifying the LIVE555 library code, which is not recommended (and
will get you no support here), you should instead work from the
“testOnDemandRTSPServer” demo application, in the “testProgs” directory.
At line 239 of “testOnDemandRTSPServer.cpp", change
char const* inputFileName = "test.ts”;
char const* indexFileName = "test.tsx";
to
char const* inputFileName = “stdin”;
char const* indexFileName = NULL;
> If I now run the server with cat test.ts | live555MediaServer and then go to
> "rtsp://192.168.1.14/liveStream.ts" on VLC on a different machine I can view
> that ts. However, if I then connect my encoder to stdin (via "C" pipes, as
> worked for testMPEG2TransportStreamer) then VLC complains that it can't open
> the file. Is there any accepted technique for this?
>
> Any other clues as to what I might be doing wrong?
I suggest doing the following, in order (making sure that each step works OK
before moving to the next step):
1/ Capture ‘stdin’ into a “.ts” file - e.g., running
cat < your-encoder-source > source.ts
2/ Make sure that that the “source.ts” file plays normally (e.g., using
VLC)
3/ Try streaming the “source.ts” file (e.g., using the LIVE555 Media
Server), and receiving it (over the network), using “openRTSP”, rather than VLC
See http://www.live555.com/openRTSP
4/ Rename the resulting "VIDEO-*” file to “received.ts”, and try
playing that file using VLC
5/ Use VLC (instead of “openRTSP”) as a RTSP client, to play the stream
from the “rtsp://“ URL
6/ Connect your encoder source to “testOnDemandRTSPServer” (modified as
noted above), by running
your-modified-testOnDemandRTSPServer < your-encoder-source
7/ Try receiving the stream remotely using “openRTSP”
8/ Rename the resulting "VIDEO-*” file to “received.ts”, and try
playing that file using VLC
9/ Use VLC (instead of “openRTSP”) as a RTSP client, to play the stream
from the “rtsp://“ URL
Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/
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