[xiph-rtp] Lots of proposals

[Aaron Colwell]

On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 04:35:16PM -0700, David Barrett wrote:
> >2. I wouldn't mind if inline transmission with some sort of RTCP feedback
> >   was also included in the base spec. I have some ideas on this topic that
> >   I'd be willing to discuss on a seperate thread. After much thought I
> >   prefer this solution now over the HTTP mechanism. 
> 
> I agree, though I'd suggest implementors only SHOULD support the RTCP 
> feedback method (and not MUST, in order to allow for unidirectional 
> broadcasts).

Agreed.

> 
> 
> >5. Codebook MDS5 hashes and the ident header should be in the fmtp field no
> >   matter what the codebook delivery mechanism is.
> 
> Agreed, on one condition: that decoders be hardened against the 
> possibility of the encoder and decoder using mismatching codebooks that 
> happen to have the same MD5 hash.  Given how astronomically slight this 
> chance is I don't think it's necessary to really correct the situation 
> -- I think garbled output is fine, so long as it doesn't crash.

Agreed.