[gst-devel] streaming video handoff (exact problem)

Majdi Rawashdeh mrawashd at site.uottawa.ca
Wed Aug 6 16:36:54 CEST 2008


Stefan Kost wrote:
> Majdi Rawashdeh schrieb:
>   
>> Stefan Kost wrote:
>>     
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> Majdi Rawashdeh schrieb:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am new to gstreamer framework, I just finished reading the 
>>>> /Gstreamer Application Development manual (0.10.20.//1)/ I want to 
>>>> know if it is possible to do the following and any suggestions on how 
>>>> to start:
>>>>  
>>>> I want to transfer the ongoing streaming media from a computer to 
>>>> another computer. the media should continue playing on the new 
>>>> computer and stop playing on the old one without loosing any frames. I 
>>>> also need to be able to control the frames on the streaming server.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> if you also do the client, the client could connect to the new server 
>>> and drop the connection to the old as soon as it has received data from 
>>> the new. This all requires some effort on your side, so this won't be 
>>> out of the box.
>>>
>>> Stefan
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>  
>>>> please send my any suggestion...!
>>>>  
>>>> Regards
>>>> Majdi
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>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi stefan,
>>>   
>>>       
>>  Just to explain exactly what I am trying to do I have a mobile user 
>> watching video on computer A after a certain time the user wants to 
>> continue watching the same video on computer B - the video should  
>> start at computer B  from the current video position  not from the 
>> beginning of the video- keep in my mind i do not want to loose any 
>> frames when I transfer the video session.
>>
>> Hopefully this gives you an idea what I am trying to develop using 
>> gstreamer .
>>
>>     
> Ah, I misread this a bit. That should be possible too, but you would 
> need a session. When you continue on the 2nd computer, you would need to 
> tell the sever what session to continue. I have no idea if a feature 
> like this existing already in session protocols (rtsp).
> if so, you still have the issue how to transfer that 
> session-identification from computer 1 to 2.
>
> Stefan
>
>   
>> Thanks
>> Majdi
>>
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hi,

thanks for your help, I will read more and see what can be done

Majdi
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