[Live-devel] raw/udp in rtsp multicast setup

[Ross Finlayson]

>In the related update to the changelog, you note that multicast RAW/UDP is
>nonstandard. What's the reference for that?

*All* RAW/UDP streaming (not just multicast) is non-standard, because 
it has never been defined in a RFC.  Also, it can only work for media 
types - like MPEG Transport Stream data - that includes its own 
timestamp information (so that the timestamp in the RTP header is not 
strictly needed).

Despite not being a standard, RAW/UDP streaming (for MPEG Transport 
Stream data only) is requested by some prominent RTSP clients (most 
notably Amino set-top boxes), and therefore we (reluctantly) support 
it in our RTSP server implementation.  All new RTSP clients, however, 
should request standard RTP streaming only.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/