Anybody has successfully ported live555 to android?

Question

I've been trying to build live555 according to this guide:

https://github.com/boltonli/ohbee/tree/master/android/streamer/jni

as well as using some other guides, all to no avail.

If someone has succeeded in porting live555 to android can you, please, tell me how I can do so?

Outroar

what is problem with the build? – Grandnephew

Possible duplicate of Live555 on Android – Comparative

Answer 1

I successfully built the project as follows:

git clone https://github.com/boltonli/ohbee.git
cd ohbee/android/streamer
android update project --path . --name "streamer" --target "android-15"
cp lib/jnix.jar libs/ # This is the only trick
ant debug

The jar was in the lib/ directory rather than libs/.

If that doesn't resolve the issue you were or are having, you'll have to be more specific and share the steps you've taken and what problems you're encountering.

Chapfallen

What is different between using software library to decoding and using native hardware decoding library that is in android source? – Civvies

What do you mean by "android update project --path . --name "streamer" --target "android-15" ?!!! I got not found command! – Civvies

@Mr.Hyde You'll have to install and set up the Android SDK. – Chapfallen

@Darshan-JosiahBarber I did and added to Environment Variables as ANDROID_HOME – Civvies

For Windows: I had to run android update project --path . --name "streamer" --target "android-15 from command prompt. And the rest from in Git Bash Android Path Configuration that was used – Hyperplane

Answer 2

To compile Live555 streaming media for ARM/Linux try following steps:

> cd live
> ./genMakefiles armlinux
> make

Pre-built binary package:

live.2011.06.16-dev-armlinux.tar.bz2

Hope it helps !

Howlend

Answer 3

This answer worked for me and I was able to build the project in Android Studio:

However, at runtime, I was getting a java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError at the line in MainActivity.java: System.loadLibrary("jnix");

libjnix.so is missing from ohbee/android/streamer/*, but the armeabi binary is in ohbee/android/streamer2/libs/armeabi. When I copied this into my src/main/jniLibs/armeabi, I was able to run the application on Samsung Galaxy Note S3. It streams the camera into an RTPSink instance with a dummy address.

Obviously, targets which are not armeabi will not work (so virtual devices don't work), and I haven't been able to find the source for the jnix libs (only the headers).

Sibley

Does it create an RTSP server? Can you watch the stream with VLC? – Consolation

My build was just a client and I never tried creating a server. Only had a few days to spend before the project was shelved, but was definitely seeing a good flow through to the RTPSink. – Sibley