[Live-devel] Using TCP instead of UDP

Ross Finlayson finlayson at live555.com
Wed Apr 5 12:02:31 PDT 2006


>Suppose I am implementing myself the server that receives the RTP packets,
>can I just replace the functions I mentioned earlier so the connection
>will be a TCP one? (Without using your RTSP Server)

No, you can't do this (even if the sender is modified to also use 
TCP), because the receiver would then not receive data on RTP packet 
boundaries, and so would not be able to distinguish individual RTP packets.


	Ross Finlayson
	Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE555.COM)
	<http://www.live555.com/>



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