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Bug 653317 - RTSP server uses hardcoded Multicast address.
RTSP server uses hardcoded Multicast address.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 656030
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gst-rtsp-server
0.10.8
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: git master
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-06-24 09:25 UTC by Marc Leeman
Modified: 2011-08-16 10:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
Allow specifying the multicast address (8.96 KB, patch)
2011-06-24 09:25 UTC, Marc Leeman 		none Details | Review

Description Marc Leeman 2011-06-24 09:25:36 UTC 
Created attachment 190567 [details] [review]
Allow specifying the multicast address

The RTSP server defaults back to unicast to the clients; and when requesting multicast; it falls back to a hardcoded MC address with random ports.

For a server serving a lot of clients in the same network; this identical destination causes all clients to receive all the multicast data sent (even if they are only requesting limited ports). This strains the network heavily and scales poorly.

This patch allows setting mc-override (maybe the name should be changed) in the GstMediaFactory.
Comment 1 David Schleef 2011-06-25 21:35:27 UTC 
udpsrc uses "multicast-group", which seems reasonable in this case as well.
Comment 2 Marc Leeman 2011-06-27 08:04:09 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> udpsrc uses "multicast-group", which seems reasonable in this case as well.

Good point. Reusing names makes the overall behaviour more consistent.
Comment 3 Wim Taymans 2011-08-16 10:50:43 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 656030 ***