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{{Protocol|sdp}}

SDP stands for "Session Description Protocol". It is used to describe a [[stream]]ing session. SDP data is usually carried over [[SAP]], [[RTSP]] or in dedicated files.

The idea behind SDP is that you can store critical stream information in the SDP and distribute this over a reliable connection (such as [[HTTP]] or [[RTSP]]). Then you can stream the raw codec data over a lossy connection, such as [[RTP]] without the need for a container.

== Links ==
* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4566 RFC 4566]

== Source code ==
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/access/sdp.c}}