[vlc] Re: MPEG2 TS RTP packet format

Itsik Boger iboger at qualcomm.com
Wed Dec 17 17:50:55 CET 2003



I don't know how to make Ethereal parse the RTP payload, but you may want 
to look at RFC2250 (RTP Payload format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video) as a 
reference for your parser.

Hope it helps

At 02:29 PM 12/17/2003, you wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Itsik Boger wrote:
>
> > After you capture your stream with Ethereal, you will see the packets as
> > UDP packets.
> > Right click on one of those packets and choose "Decode As" then select RTP.
> > Ethereal will parse the UDP packet as RTP and you will be able to browse
> > all the RTP fields of the packet.
>
>
>True, but then I want to be able to parse the RTP payload. As far I know
>now, I suppose some MTS packets are in it and those also have headers etc.
>
>Peter
>
> >
> > Yours
> >
> > At 11:25 AM 12/17/2003, you wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I use VLC to stream video using MPEG2 TS encapsulation and RTP. I would
> > >like to analyse this network stream (possibly making a dissector for
> > >the ethereal monitoring tool) and I wondered if someone could describe me
> > >how these MPEG2 TS packets are constructed. What headers etc are
> > >used within the payload of an RTP packet. Pointers to references are
> > >also higly appreciated.
> > >
> > >thanks for reading!
> > >
> > >Peter
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