[vorbis-dev] rtp implementation

[Kevin Marks]

At 2:56 pm -0700 8/4/01, Jack Moffitt wrote:
>  > I would like to implement the rtp specification.
>>  Is anyone else interested in helping with the design/code?
>
>I would be glad to help, since I thought I would have to do this myself
>anyway.
>
>I think probably the best way to do it is just to start with a
>packetizer.  The output is just a collection of RTP packets,
>appropriately stamped, etc.
>
>Icecast does not currently have an RTP streaming layer, and that will
>have to be implemented at some point as well.  As long as we keep the
>two independent, we should end up with a flexible architecture.
>
>>  Jack: i'm interested in your opinion on the difficulty of this since you
>>  worked on the rfc spec.
>
>Before you begin, there are a few warnings and suggestions:
>
>- this is a draft.  it will change.  whatever code you write will need
>modification as the draft changes.  keep this in mind :)
>
>- i have several edits to the draft that are minor trivial things, but I
>would like to put them in before you start.  i just want to incorporate
>the feedback i got and flesh out a few sections.
>
>- i would suggest that you only consider unicast rtp streams for
>starters.  the multicast method of reliably transmitting the codebooks
>has still not been determined.  and the ietf seems to think that
>reliable multicast might be the best solution, which afaict doesn't
>exist yet.

Jack,
I suggested a couple of approaches on the RTP-list, but you didn't respond:

Use a byte in each RTP packet to define the codebook.
Pre-define several codebooks (like JPEG packing does) and use 
byte<128 to be one of the pre-defined ones and byte>128 to be a 
dynamic one. As a lot of vorbis files use the default codebooks, this 
is a big simplification.

Send non-default codebook(s) in the sdp description (Which is sent reliably).

Use a scheme like QT packing uses for SampleDescriptions;

http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/icefloe/dispatch026.html

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