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Asked: 2026-05-21T02:39:52+00:00

I came across reading about real time protocol in Wikipedia, which mentions the following

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I came across reading about real time protocol in Wikipedia, which mentions the following :
“RTP is used extensively in communication and entertainment systems that involve streaming media”

I was curious about this protocol and wanted to see this in wireshark. I thought youtube.com might be using RTP when running videos, but was surprised to see that only TCP packets are being sent when a video is being played.

Can someone please tell another free website which implements RTP, so that I will be able to see it in wireshark. (I am actually wanting to explore network optimization opportunity in my server applications by using RTP, since it is ok to loose a few packets)

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to Computer Networks, RTP is the payload of UDP (or TCP) as the book indicates.

    Here is a picture from the book:

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    According to WireShark’s wiki, only RTP on UDP could be detected by WireShark. (Thanks to Ralf)

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