Re: [Fwd: Re: [Zinf-devel] speaking of rtp://]

Robert Hart on the zinf-devel list said he could probably help 
you out.  Pick up the thread there as of yesterday.
You can also follow it up through the bug database #639649


I expect you are using linux.  I'm not really familiar 
with multicasting.  First check out the multicast-HOWTO 




On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 16:54, Tuc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 	This was me.............
> 
> 	I contacted the author of Obsequiem, and just was thrown for a
> loop about multicasting.
> 
> > > 
> > > the pseudo-url format rtp://address:port works only where address is 
> > > the destination address of the packets,
> > > specifically zinf was coded for this to be a multicast address. 
> >
> 	Ok. I'm not familiar with multicast.
> >
> > > for 
> > > example rtp://233.64.133.10:7000 would tune into the multicast stream 
> > > at that multicast address/port.
> >
> 	I was told that the address would be something with 224.X.X.X. .
> >
> > >  it could work with unicast by 
> > > specifying my own ip as the address, but this is not very common
> > > 
> > > so the solution is to make sure that obsequium is actually sourcing rtp 
> > > multicast,
> >
> 	Ok, HOW?
> >
> >
> > > then change the rtp:// url you pass to zinf to match the multicast 
> > > group/port
> > > 
> >
> 	Ok, HOW?  
> >
> > > if you do this, you should see IGMP reports with TCPdump, and if 
> > > multicast is working properly you will see the packets flow, src ip of 
> > > the server, dst ip of the multicast group.
> > > 
> >
> 	I tried, I didn't see anything.
> 
> 
> 
> 		Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.
> 
> 
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