Real-Time Media Flow Protocol: Difference between revisions

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The '''Secure Real-Time Media Flow Protocol''' ('''RTMFP''') is a [[proprietary protocol|proprietary]] [[protocol suite]] developed by [[Adobe Systems]] for encrypted, efficient [[multimedia]] delivery through both [[client–server model|client-server]] and [[peer-to-peer]] models over the [[Internet]]. The protocol specification iswas now availablepublished as an Internet Draft.Drafts in 2012 and 2013.<ref name="id">{{Cite web |title= Adobe's Secure Real-Time Media Flow Protocol |date= July 10, 2013 |author= Michael Thornburgh |work= Internet Draft |publisher= [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] |url= http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thornburgh-adobe-rtmfp-10 Adobe's|accessdate= SecureAugust Real-Time26, Media2013 Flow Protocol draft-thornburgh-adobe-rtmfp-10]}}</ref>

==Operation==

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The principal difference is how the protocols communicate over the network. RTMFP is based on

[[User Datagram Protocol]] (UDP),<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thornburgh-adobe-rtmfp Adobe'sname="id" Secure Real-Time Media Flow Protocol (Internet-Draft)]</ref> whereas [[Real Time Messaging Protocol]] (RTMP) is based on [[Transmission Control Protocol]] (TCP).

UDP‐based protocols have some specific advantages over TCP‐based protocols when delivering live [[streaming media]], such as decreased latency and overhead, and greater tolerance for dropped or missing packets, at the cost of decreased reliability.

Unlike RTMP, RTMFP also supports sending data directly from one Adobe Flash Player to another,