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{{Wikipedia|Real-time Transport Protocol}}
The '''RTP''' ('''Real-Time Transport Protocol''') is a [[protocol]] for streaming media (including [[VoIP]] and video teleconferencing) over the Internet. [[RTCP]] is used alongside this protocol to give feedback on the quality of the connection and [[RTSP]] changes streaming aspects of the connection.<br />
For example, RTP might stream a video, RTCP might show dropped frames, and RTSP might pause the video playback.<br />
RTP is often layered on top of [[UDP]] because UDP is quicker than [[TCP]].

VLC has built-in support for RTP as a server (streaming output).<br />
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]]