[vlc-devel] Re: how to make VLC VOD server stream content over UDP and not RTP

[MRUKANT POPAT]

hi Marian,

Thank you for your reply.
I completely agree with you.
But I have a specifice requirement to send content over UDP at present.

Just in case you know it...it will be great to hear from you.

regards,
MRUKANT

On 12/3/05, Marian Durkovic <md at bts.sk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 11:03:24PM +0530, MRUKANT POPAT wrote:
> > When rtsp player makes rtsp request the VOD server send MP2TS over RTP
> > packets.
>
> This is exactly the same situation as in the example with the BitBand server
> you've provided in your last email:
>
>                        %%%%%%IMPORTANT START%%%%%%%%
> Media Description, name and address (m): video 0 RTP/AVP 33
> Media Type: video
> Media Port: 0
> Media Proto: RTP/AVP
> Media Format: MPEG-II transport streams
> Media Attribute (a): rtpmap:33 MP2T/90000
>
> > I want the server to send packets over UDP.
>
> Please note, that raw UDP transport is not suitable for multimedia delivery
> over IP networks, since it's not able to correctly handle standard situations
> (packet reordering/duplication).
>
> Therefore I'd recommend to always use RTP unless you have a very specific
> problem which can't be resolved in any other way - e.g. a set-top-box which
> does not understand MPEG-TS over RTP.
>
>
>
>        With kind regards,
>
>                M.
>
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