[xiph-rtp] Fragmenting in RTP versus letting UDP fragment

Ramón García ramon.garcia.f at gmail.com
Sun Oct 31 14:11:28 PST 2004


> No.  If a UDP packet fragment is lost, you've lost every fragment you've
> received and must collect them all again.  If an RTP fragment is lost,
> you need only receive the part you didn't get.  That's the whole point.

No, RTP is a real time protocol. There are no retries at all. If
something does not arrive it is simply not played.


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