I've been able to play unicast streams using a URL such as udp://192.168.0.195:1235, where the URL is the same as the player. Love to know if there are alternate formats - using the player IP is odd. I can't figure out how to format the stream command for multicast. From a hint in a previous post - can Brightsign players receive multicast streams (as they can send them) and if so, what is the correct format for the command?
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Brandon A confusing thing about streaming is that there are usually two parts involved - the raw data stream from the source devices and the served data to client. It's similar to how the sous chef prepares ingredients for later use and the cook assembles those ingredients into dishes to serve.
The Media Server Developer's Guide goes into detail. The Media Streamer preps with the raw ingredients and the Media Server acts as the cook responding to orders.
The Video Stream and MJPEG Stream states expect to interface with a Server, negotiating what will work best to receive.
Per the Supported Streaming Formats you can use HLS (hls://____), UDP (udp://____), RTP (rtp://____), RTSP (rtsp://____) or HTTP (http://____) protocols. You can use a hostname as long as it is resolvable.
But to use a server other than the player itself, you would need that server, and the source data would need to be available to that server. If it's a live stream, the player can use the Media Streamer to send the stream to the server.
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