How to check from server side if RTP stream is coming in on UDP port?

[Sebastian Dröge]

On Sun, 2016-11-13 at 16:59 -0800, skryabin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an RTP stream UDP client/server setup, and the server side (receiving
> end of the stream) is a Cocoa Mac OS X application.
> 
> I would like to check, using gstreamer, if the camera is currently sending
> data.
> 
> Using:
> 
> ret = gst_element_set_state(pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
> 
> I always get GST_STATE_CHANGE_ASYNC, whether or not the client is sending
> the RTP stream or not. 
> 
> Is there any way to perform this kind of validation, using gstreamer?

It depends on your exact pipeline. But you could always do something
like adding a watchdog element somewhere in the pipeline, or a pad
probe, to check if data is flowing regularly there.

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Sebastian Dröge, Centricular Ltd · http://www.centricular.com
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