diff rtpdec.h @ 5665:93b0d64bf0c9 libavformat

When using RTP-over-UDP, send dummy packets during stream setup, similar to what e.g. RealPlayer does. This allows proper port forwarding setup in NAT- based environments. Patch by Martin Storsj��� <$firstname at $firstname dot st>.

--- a/rtpdec.h	Tue Feb 16 19:26:49 2010 +0000
+++ b/rtpdec.h	Tue Feb 16 22:50:50 2010 +0000
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@
 #endif
 
 /**
+ * Send a dummy packet on both port pairs to set up the connection
+ * state in potential NAT routers, so that we're able to receive
+ * packets.
+ *
+ * Note, this only works if the NAT router doesn't remap ports. This
+ * isn't a standardized procedure, but it works in many cases in practice.
+ *
+ * The same routine is used with RDT too, even if RDT doesn't use normal
+ * RTP packets otherwise.
+ */
+void rtp_send_punch_packets(URLContext* rtp_handle);
+
+/**
  * some rtp servers assume client is dead if they don't hear from them...
  * so we send a Receiver Report to the provided ByteIO context
  * (we don't have access to the rtcp handle from here)