What's RTP?
RTP is the Real-Time Transport Protocol, an Internet standard for the transport of real-time data (such as audio or video). RTP is defined by the Audio-Video Transport Working Group (AVT Working Group) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF (http://www.ietf.org) is an open community concerned with the evolution of the Internet and part of the larger Internet Society (ISOC), a professional membership society that oversees the issues that affect the Internet.
Given RTP's pedigree, which is designed by the Audio-Video Transport Working Group of arguably the Internet's chief standards body, it shouldn't be surprising at all that Sun has adopted RTP as the mechanism for streaming media within the JMF. Thus, to write applications ...
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