[Asterisk-video] app_rtsp hangup after exactly two minutes usingDarwin Streaming Server

[Sergio Garcia]

The solution is as you have stated, sending RTCP RR packets from app_rtsp to DSS. 
Added to the to-do list.. :)


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Thomas Frieling" <thomas.frieling at viif.de>
Reply-To: Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk<asterisk-video at lists.digium.com>
Date:  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:43:55 +0200

>Hi group!
>
>I found out why app_rtsp hangs up after two minutes playing when using Darwin Streaming Server (DSS).
>The problem is DSS's RTP-Timout, which is exactly two minutes, which is thrown because app_rtsp doesn't send any RTCP-Packages to report streaming status.
>
>Now, there are two major possiblities to fix this issue:
>
>1. change /etc/streaming/streamingserver.xml to more than 120 seconds
><PREF NAME="rtp_timeout" TYPE="UInt32" >1200</PREF> 
>
>2. make app_rtsp send RTCP-Messages (which is the better but more difficult solution)
>
>When sending RTCP RR packages there are three solutions:
>a) send dummy RTCP RR packages
>b) forward RTCP RR packages from the handset to DSS
>c) create RR packages about the connection between app_rtsp and DSS
>
>
>Any other ideas?
>Thomas
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