[Live-devel] Can the max packet size be changed?

[Ross Finlayson]

At 05:47 PM 11/1/04, you wrote:
>hi, all
>
>what does determine the max packet size which is
>streamed by livemedia? May I change the value from
>1450 to 2000 or something else?

Actually, the current value of "maxPacketSize" - as defined in 
"MultiFramedRTPSink.cpp" - is 1448, not 1450.  (You should make sure you're 
using the most up-to-date version of the code.)

You can certainly change this to something else, but you shouldn't increase 
it unless your network's MTU is at least as large - otherwise you'll end up 
with IP-level fragmentation, which is bad (because the loss of any one IP 
fragment causes the entire IP datagram to be discarded).  Most Ethernets 
have a MTU of 1500 bytes, but if you have a network with a larger MTU, then 
you can set "maxPacketSize" larger.


	Ross Finlayson
	LIVE.COM
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