[Live-devel] Slow connection problem with RTP over RTSP/TCP

[Ross Finlayson]

>And if the server can detect that the network is to slow or 
>congested to send all of the requested data (by detecting that the 
>network buffers in the OS are full) make an attempt to intelligently 
>send enough data to provide a working, all be it degraded, 
>experience to the client rather than just randomly dropping parts of 
>frames so that nothing may work.

Yes, at some point it would be nice to support the IETF's RTP/AVPF 
profile, and an associated feedback-based retransmission (and/or 
media rescaling) scheme.  But this, of course, is on top of UDP. 
Trying to implement a loss-mitigation scheme over TCP is retarded.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/