[vorbis] icecast2

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:37:35AM +0100, Smörk wrote:
> >'rtsp' (what the orignal poster said) is in IETF standard (RFC 2326), not
> >just some propritary RealMedia standard. That said, icecast doesn't support
> >it, but most likely because it's overkill.
> >
> >'rtp' what you said, is also a IETF standard (1889).. Icecast doesn't do RTP
> >because icecast is unicast (RTP is overkill for unicast and not widely used
> >for that). Vorbis multicast (done by icecast or otherwise) will use RTP.
> 
> why does Real use rtsp for unicast, if it's overkill. it's quite
> reliable.

Because Real developed rtsp as a part of their flexible framework for
streaming. Icecast type streaming is increadibly simple to impliment in the
client, worse is better.

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