Re: File streaming

From: Chris P. [MVP] (msdn_at_chrisnet.net)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:18:54 -0400

questions wrote:
> I want to send a partition of video file and some data files(text and
> images) from one terminal to another terminal. After sending, the
> video should be playable.
> Therefore, I have to write a program that perform streaming.
> 1.-RTSP / RTP, which is better?
They are different. RTP is for real time multiplexed data streaming, RTSP
is a control protocol that runs over the top of RTP and TCP/UDP.

> 2.-Shall i choose to use WMV, ASF or AVI file?
AVI is not designed for streaming and requires a lot of work to make it
streamable. WMV/ASF are designed for streaming but there is an issue that
there is no standard WMV parser filter available, which makes playback from
a memory/network source tricky.

> 3.-Any other methods are welcome.
If you want to just transmit the entire file and then play it at the other
end then it wont matter what the format is, you're just transmitting data.
In this case you don't need RTP at all.

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