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protocolAugust 17, 20266 min readRTSPLink Engineering

RTSP over TCP vs RTSP over UDP: Choosing the Right Transport

Understand RTP interleaving over TCP versus raw UDP datagrams for glitch-free security camera streams.

#TCP#UDP#RTP Interleaving#Networking#Packet Loss
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#1Why RTSP over TCP is Preferred on Modern Networks

UDP drops packets under network congestion without retransmission, leading to macroblocking, grey smearing, and corrupted I-frames. RTSP over TCP interleaves RTP/RTCP data inside the existing TCP connection, guaranteeing in-order frame delivery through firewalls.

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