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Confusion regarding RTSP over HTTP tunneling

I had an confusion of which I searched but didn't get any answer.

I am streaming a video file using RTSP over HTTP tunneling then when I see the wire-shark to see the packets source and destination and protocol I saw a UDP protocol although i am using RTSP over HTTP tunneling.

Can any one tell me why don't I see the TCP protocol instead of UDP protocol for packets being sent from source to destination?

Solution

  • RTSP is a network control protocol. According to Wikipedia,

    The default port for the RTSP protocol is 554 for both UDP (deprecated and very rarely used) and TCP transports.

    Conclusion: UDP or TCP will be used, depends on which server you use and settings.