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{{Wikipedia|Real-time Transport Protocol}}
The '''RTP''' (''Real-Time Transport Protocol'') is a [[protocol]] for 'unreliable' delivery of Real Time data layered on top of [[UDP]]. Used a lot for streaming of audio and video it is often controlled by an [[RTSP]] session.

Due to UDP it is able to use [[multicast]]. It is closely tied to the [[RTCP]] protocol.

VLC has built-in support for RTP as a server (streaming output).
As a client, VLC uses the [[LiveMedia]] library.

==Links==
* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3550.txt RFC 3550]
* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3550.txt RFC 3551]

[[Category:Protocols]]