I spent much to much time trying to figure out the right combination of video/audio encodings that would would from an RTSP streaming server (went with a RealServer demo, for now) to a variety of clients (QuickTime Player, VLC, various phones, etceteras.)
First, VLC is a champ. Every time I tried a new streaming server, [...]
I should right a whole post about the lack of robust video streaming servers, but I’ll save that for another day. For now, I’ve settled on RealServer (RS) (which is the commercialized version of Real’s open source Helix Server), and video actually streams to a plethora of apps, including: QuickTime Player (QT), VideoLan Client [...]
Somehow, my MBP’s install is messed up, and the built-in iSight camera cannot be read from in video mode — but yet, still pictures work. I discovered this, as I could not get QuickTime Broadcaster’s preview view to show any video (or for it to broadcast). Then, I discovered that iChat cannot initiate [...]