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   curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
   multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
   rtsp_handle = curl_easy_init();
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_RTSP_STREAM_URI, argv[1]);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_INTERLEAVEFUNCTION, rtp_write_callback);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_INTERLEAVEDATA, (void *)fd);
   curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);

   rtsp_options(rtsp_handle, argv[1]);
   rtsp_describe(rtsp_handle, sdp);
   sprintf(uri, "%s/%s", argv[1], "track0");
   rtsp_setup(rtsp_handle, uri, "RTP/AVP/TCP;interleaved=0-1");
   rtsp_play(rtsp_handle, argv[1], "0.000-");
   // easy_perform is removed from the rtsp_play, PLAY it is being called by the first multi
   curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, rtsp_handle);
   curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);

   do
   {
      CURLMcode mc;
      int numfds;

      mc = curl_multi_wait(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 500, &numfds);
      printf("%s:%d-%s  curl_multi_wait return is still running %d \n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, still_running);
      if(mc != CURLM_OK)
      {
         fprintf(stderr, "curl_multi_wait() failed, code %d.\n", mc);
         break;
      }
      curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
      if(!numfds)
      {
         printf("%s:%d-%s  numfds %d  repeats %d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, numfds, repeats);
         repeats++;
         if(repeats > 1)
         {
            WAITMS(100);
         }
      }
      else repeats = 0;

      curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
      int msgs_left;

      while((msg = curl_multi_info_read(multi_handle, &msgs_left)))
      {
         if(msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE)
         {
            printf("%s:%d-%s  curl_multi_info_read return is CURLMSG_DONE \n", __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__);
            curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, rtsp_handle);
            curl_easy_setopt(rtsp_handle, CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST, (long)CURL_RTSPREQ_RECEIVE);
            curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, rtsp_handle);
            curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
         }
      }

   }
   while(still_running);


//rtsp_receive_data(rtsp_handle, 1, rtp_write_callback);

   rtsp_teardown(rtsp_handle);

   curl_easy_cleanup(rtsp_handle);
   curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
   curl_global_cleanup();