[Live-devel] MPEG4 RTP transmission

[Ross Finlayson]

>Hi Ross,
>
>Ross Finlayson wrote:
>>>  i think testMPEG1or2VideoStreamer is not using RTSP (correct me if i
>>>  am wrong) so .. can't MPEG4 media be also transmitted in the same way
>>>  through testMPEG4VideoStreamer ...
>  >
>>  No - MPEG-4 video is different.
>>
>>  Because this is a frequently asked question, I have now added it to the FAQ:
>  >         http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#rtsp-needed
>Sorry for jumping in this thread, but this new FAQ makes me curious: is
>the out-of-band transmission of MPEG4 global headers mandatory?
>
>I mean: my understanding of reading RFC 3016 is that configuration
>information may be transmitted out-of-band, but we are not forced to do
>so... Did I misunderstand something?

No, that is correct.  However, if the config information is not 
carried at all (not even in-band, as part of the MPEG-4 video RTP 
stream), then receivers may not be able to decode the stream properly.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/