Live555

LiveMedia from Live555 is a library for streaming data over a RTSP, RTP and SDP connection.

RTSP module

Live555 handles RTSP, and SDP connections.

Module options

• rtsp-tcp (boolean)

  Use RTP over a TCP connection (RTSP). Default false?

• rtp-client-port (integer)

  Port to use for the RTP source of the session. No default.

• rtsp-http (boolean)

  Tunnel RTSP and RTP over HTTP. Default false?

• rtsp-http-port (integer)

  Port to use for tunneling the RTSP/RTP over HTTP. Default: 80

• rtsp-caching (integer)

  Sets the default caching (buffering) value for RTSP streams, in milliseconds.

• rtsp-kasenna (boolean)

  Kasenna servers use an old and unstandard dialect of RTSP. When you set this parameter, VLC will try this dialect for communication. In this mode you cannot connect to normal RTSP servers. Default false.

• rtsp-user (string)
• rtsp-pwd (string)

  Username and password for authentication with the server.

Container format

live	VLC can decode this container. The module name to use at the command line is live, but you can also use livedotcom.

This is a special container format used for sending information over the internet.

Source code

• modules/access/live555.cpp (access)