[streaming] Re: video on demand

[Hussain Ali Pardawalla]

Just a quick question... please see below...

--- Ross Finlayson  wrote:

> At 02:31 AM 8/24/04, you wrote:
> >I'm flabbergasted that there is no open source
> MPEG-2/UDP/IP with RTSP 
> >support VoD software.
> 
> Well, you can stop being flabbergasted, because
> there *is* open source 
> RTSP/RTP software available that supports on-demand
> streaming of MPEG-2 
> Transport Stream (or Program Stream) files (as well
> as several other file 
> types): The "LIVE.COM Streaming Media" software: 
> .  Note, in
> particular, the 
> "testOnDemandRTSPServer" demonstration application.
> 
> BTW, this same software is used to implement VLC's
> RTSP/RTP client support 
> (although not yet its RTSP/RTP *server* support).


If live.come streaming media does support rtp/rtsp over mpeg-ts stream, and udp, and VLC does use live.com media, is there any reason why VLC does not take full advantage of live media and use to to fully support the RTP/RTSP  stuff on the server side?

Thanks

Hussain