Does RTSP work on the new iPhone? Can you stream in realtime?

Question

I'm wondering if one of you nice folks with a new iPhone can check and see if the new gadget can stream RTSP files (audio and video) in real-time from a QuickTime Streaming Server? I will run a test all weekend for you to use. You can access this streaming file at: http://tec.streamguys.net/tec.sdp It is a rebroadcast of The Education Channel in Tampa, Florida. It is being encoded using an Apple Xserve running QuickTime Broadcaster and using the default 3G/GPRS preset. I am keeping the bandwidth low, around 56K. All I get on my "old-fashioned" iPhone is a play symbol with a line trough it. Although, this works fine with Safari on a Mac. I was told earlier this was an EDGE issue and that 3G would support this. anyone confirm that? Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply... I've been asking this question for months now and that was the FIRST response from anyone at all. I figured it didn't. That's a shame to because Apple makes really great FREE software for streaming RTSP (QuickTime Broadcaster). Anyways, I too have heard of some apps doing some type of streaming, but at a cost of the loss of the ability to receive phone calls. No good. I need to be able to "monitor" a RTSP stream for lengths of time AND be able to receive phone calls. And I need to be able to do this OFF WIFI of course. In WiFi situations, I'd just use a computer for this. I was really hoping the iPhone would be my mobile answer for this. It seems everything must be NOT LIVE to work, that is everything must be simply a QuickTime Progressive download. That's ok for short archived stuff, but for live and long files, forget it. Shame. I'm starting to think this is a "Content Provider" issue and not a technical hurdle of some kind. My old Samsung blade phone could (can) stream RTSP. Maybe the thought of allowing live streaming threatens the bottom end for some of these providers (?).