[vlc-devel] Playing "avc1" in X-QT over RTSP?

[Ross Finlayson]

MPlayer - like VLC - uses the LIVE555 library for its RTSP client 
implementation.  Recently the following patch was submitted to 
MPlayer's LIVE555 interface code (basically, MPlayer's equivalent to 
"modules/demux/live555.cpp"), to enable it to play H.264 video that's 
streamed using Apple's non-standard "X-QT" RTP payload format:
	http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2006-October/046770.html

In particular, this patch allowed MPlayer to play the following 
stream (Steve Job's recent MacWorld keynote speech):
	http://stream.qtv.apple.com/events/aug/wwdc_2006/wwdc_2006_2_650_ref.mov
(Don't be fooled by the "http://" URL.  The ".mov" file actually 
contains an embedded "rtsp://" URL; the actual stream is RTSP/RTP.)

Would it be possible to make a similar upgrade to VLC?  This would 
presumably be done in "live555.cpp"s "StreamRead()" function, inside 
the
	if( tk->b_quicktime && tk->p_es == NULL )
"if" statement.  (Unfortunately I'm not familiar enough with how this 
code interacts with the rest of VLC to say for sure.)
-- 

Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/

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