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[ale] RTSP

On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 21:39 -0500, Terry Bailey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This may be the wrong place to ask this question and I hope that I do not 
> get called on the carpet; but, I figure it is the best place to get an 
> answer.  I have been looking at a live wmv stream on Windows Media 
> Player.  The advanced statistics says that the protocol is RTSP(TCP).  I 
> assume that this means RTSP over TCP.  Wouldn't it be more efficient to run 
> RTSP over UDP?

Yes.  However, UDP through firewalls can cause some hiccups, so TCP is
more assured.  

While not related to RSTP, here's a good article about how Skype busts
through layers of firewalls while still using UDP.
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/82481

-Jim P.

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