Re: [MMUSIC] Unified Plan for SDP Handling - multiple media sources

Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> Wed, 17 July 2013 21:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] Unified Plan for SDP Handling - multiple media sources
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On 7/17/13 16:40, Jonathan Lennox wrote:
> That said, what I still don't see is, if you have the correlator, why you then actually need to send the a=ssrc in the SDP at all? The correlator should be sufficient for disambiguation, and it lets the sender switch the ssrc it's sending for an m-line without needing a fresh offer/answer.

That might be worth exploring. I honestly haven't given it a whole lot 
of thought. Perhaps Justin or Martin have a more well-formed opinion on 
the topic?

/a