[streaming] Re: Problems streaming to a set-top-box

[Ross Finlayson]

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>I'm having trouble streaming VoD media to a set-top-box made by
>HansunTech (HS5000IP). I've set up the VLM session to be VoD (i.e. RTSP)
>and put in an MPEG-2 PS source file.
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>The problem (I guess) originates in the fact that the set-top-box
>requests a "RAW/RAW/UDP" transport - VLC responds with an 'OK' to that,
>but it doesn't stream anything when a 'PLAY' request is sent by the
>set-top-box. I tried this setup with a VLC client on the other end and
>it worked. Trouble is, the VLC client requests "RTP/AVP" transport which
>apparently works just fine.
>
>Any pointers on where I should look for the problem?

VLC's RTSP server implementation does not support raw-UDP clients 
like your set-top box.

Instead, you could try using the "LIVE555 Media Server": 
<http://www.live555.com/mediaServer/>  This supports Amino set-top 
box clients, and may perhaps handle your set-top box client also.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/

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