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{{Wikipedia|RTP Control Protocol}}

'''RTCP''' or '''RTP control protocol''' is a [[protocol]] that works with RTP (Real-time transport protocol).<br />
Whereas [[RTP]] sends media (e.g. a video stream) over an Internet connection. RTCP sends information about the quality of the stream &ndash; things like dropped packets or skipped frames &ndash; to report the status of the connection itself (and a few other things). It does not send any media whatsoever.

Informally, it's similar to the "Tools" -> "Media Information" -> "Statistics" display that the Qt interface of VLC will show about playing media.

== Links ==
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3550#section-6 RFC 3550]: RTP section 6: RTCP

[[Category:Protocols]]