RFC 4587 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2006

RTP Payload Format for H.261 Video Streams

Overview

RFC 4587, “RTP Payload Format for H.261 Video Streams”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2006 by R. Even. It obsoletes RFC 2032. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo describes a scheme to packetize an H.261 video stream for transport using the Real-time Transport Protocol, RTP, with any of the underlying protocols that carry RTP.

The memo also describes the syntax and semantics of the Session Description Protocol (SDP) parameters needed to support the H.261 video codec. A media type registration is included for this payload format.

This specification obsoletes RFC 2032. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2032
Other RFCs from 2006

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