[streaming] Re: Video On Demand Solution

Ow Mun Heng Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Wed Aug 17 16:45:19 CEST 2005


On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 13:00 +0200, list at scttransport.dk wrote:
> HTTP works but as u mention its not THAT suited/good for the job

Yep

> 
> RTSP/RTP(UDP) works very well with vlc, I use it my self to serve mpeg2
> streams.
> 
> There is one more or less serious bug in the vlc implementation atm though,
> when a client quits the stream unexpected like if he just closes program or
> computer, vlc will continue to send data to his pc, so it's a sort of DOS
> attack.

The problem with using these sort of solutions is, I don't think there
is capability for the client to actually pause/rewind/etc the stream.
This is what I would like to achieve.



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