[streaming] Re: Video On Demand Solution

Ow Mun Heng Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Thu Aug 18 05:33:22 CEST 2005


On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 18:44 +0200, Jonas A. Larsen wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> You may think it but you are wrong :)
> Seeking works find in VOD streams, as does pause.

yeah.. But the org question in the thread was that VOD streams in http
form will support seek/pause.

the question now is, does RTSP/udp streams support it in VLC? if so, how
does one go about it?

Thank

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