Re: [MMUSIC] Better way to not-really-offer constituent media descriptions

worley@ariadne.com (Dale R. Worley) Thu, 28 February 2013 19:48 UTC

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> From: Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu>
> 
> If an O/A exchange has been concluded and the result is that one end has 
> a valid address, and the other end has null (zero/.invalid) address, 
> can't that be construed as establishing a oneway media stream where RTCP 
> is also oneway?

Aye, that's true, assuming the old model "null address = on-hold".  So
you'd need an SDP update to clear that up after connecting with a
supporting endpoint.  Although the update wouldn't be needed to get
media flowing.

Dale