Thanks,

I'll give this a try on the 2.1 (Desire) and see if it'll work - as
I'm slightly suspiscious that
it may have problems with TRUE live video (aka from an encoder) but
will post here with what I find.


Hoping always


On Jun 9, 9:00 am, Andy Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
> On the subject of this thread I have submitted a bug report... For those
> interested you may want to star it or add any useful 
> comments:http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8959&q=rtp&colspec=...
>
> I hope we can get this resolved. I'm not really a skilled enough coder to
> fix this issue myself (in the C sources). But anybody who could help would
> be much appreciated.
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> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Andy Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You simply pass the RTSP url to MediaPlayer (although I think this
> > functionality was somewhat broken before 2.1 so I can't be certain that it
> > will work in 1.6-2.0).
>
> > You can play it in the same way that you would play a file (but instead of
> > passing the file descriptor pass the URL as a string).
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> > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Jez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> I'm confused by RTSP streaming - I've been trying to stream a LIVE
> >> video to Android (2.1)
> >> and not sure from the discussion here and previous posts that I've
> >> seen if Android can actually receive and play
> >> a LIVE video stream? I don't need any control of the video at all so
> >> just need to stream it.
>
> >> Jez
>
> >> On Jun 1, 2:30 am, Andy Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > In my example I am using SIP, so the SDP information is actually
> >> exchanged
> >> > this way.
>
> >> > The RTSP is simply for receiving as a hack to Android's built in
> >> (arbitrary)
> >> > limitations. So the idea is to take the SDP for receiving and wrap it
> >> over
> >> > RTSP.
>
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> >> > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Ignas <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > There is a technical limitation to what SDP can legally convey. A
> >> > > single SDP document can contain only one end of media "conversation".
> >> > > Therefore it is technically impossible to setup streaming with just
> >> > > one SDP document there have to be an exchange. When using RTSP or SIP
> >> > > terminals exchange their SDP information and thus get to know where to
> >> > > stream to and from where to accept the stream.
>
> >> > > MediaPlayer could accept just one SDP (i.e. streamer's), but then how
> >> > > would streamer would know where to transmit? Both of them have to
> >> > > exchange at least supported CODEC information and connection
> >> > > information (port and IP).
>
> >> > > Maybe I am just not aware of SDP format with two node's information.
> >> > > Can someone share an example?
>
> >> > > On May 27, 3:22 pm, debelyoo <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > > > I agree with Andy's comment:
>
> >> > > > On May 25, 8:36 am, Andy Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > > > > There seems to be a limitation that means that it will only accept
> >> SDP
> >> > > > > information with RTP streams inside if it gets them from the RTSP
> >> > > stream
> >> > > > > (e.g. it gets this information from SETUP in the RTSP protocal).
>
> >> > > > It is possible to play a stream by requesting it via a RTSP request
> >> > > > (both audio and video are sent over RTP and the MediaPlayer is able
> >> to
> >> > > > decode and play them).
> >> > > > But it is not possible to play live RTP stream by requesting the SDP
> >> > > > file directly (via an HTTP request). The RTP streams (audio and
> >> video)
> >> > > > are sent to the device from the server. The MediaPlayer should
> >> "just"
> >> > > > get the SDP file, listen on the proper ports and decode the streams.
> >> > > > But it generates an error and do not play the streams.
>
> >> > > > Jean
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