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UDP is a what they call a 'send and pray' protocol. You throw data onto the network and you have no guarantee if the data reaches its destination or when. Because of this, it is extremely fast, efficient, but also 'unreliable'.
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{{Wikipedia|User Datagram Protocol}}
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{{See also|UDP-Lite}}
  
It is next to [[TCP]] one of the primary basic [[IP|Internet Protocols]] that every major OS supports.
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'''UDP''' ('''User Datagram Protocol''') is a so-called "send and pray" [[protocol]]. You throw data onto the network and have no guarantee of when (if ever) it reaches its destination. Nonetheless, it is used because it is extremely fast and efficient.
  
It is extremely suited for streaming live video. In this case it is not important that you receive ALL data, as long as you receive SOME data continuously and fast.
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Next to [[TCP]], it is one of the primary basic [[IP|Internet Protocols]] that every major OS supports.
  
VLC supports this protocol for streaming, however not all types of video can be streamed over UDP. See the matrices here:
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Raw UDP cannot normally be used for streaming. [[RTP]] is used on top of UDP to provide proper data timestamps and ordering. RTP/UDP is extensively used for streaming live audio/video. In this case it is not important that you receive ''all'' data, as long as you receive ''some'' data continuously and fast.
http://www.videolan.org/streaming-features.html
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Although VLC supports this protocol for streaming, not all audio and video codecs can be used.
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See the [http://www.videolan.org/streaming-features.html Streaming features list] for further details.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:54, 31 January 2019

See also: UDP-Lite

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a so-called "send and pray" protocol. You throw data onto the network and have no guarantee of when (if ever) it reaches its destination. Nonetheless, it is used because it is extremely fast and efficient.

Next to TCP, it is one of the primary basic Internet Protocols that every major OS supports.

Raw UDP cannot normally be used for streaming. RTP is used on top of UDP to provide proper data timestamps and ordering. RTP/UDP is extensively used for streaming live audio/video. In this case it is not important that you receive all data, as long as you receive some data continuously and fast.

Although VLC supports this protocol for streaming, not all audio and video codecs can be used.

See the Streaming features list for further details.