Re: [MMUSIC] BUNDLE ALMOST DECISSION: BUNDLE PORT

[Christer Holmberg <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

>>>> At the interim yesterday, we agreed to use the SDP BUNDLE group
>>>> attribute to indicate on which port bundled media will be sent. In an
>>>> SDP offer, the order of the attribute mid values can be used by the
>>>> offerer to indicate a "wish", but the first attribute mid value in the
>>>> answer indicates where the answerer will eventually send bundled media.
>>>
>>> This could be interpreted to mean the first a=mid value in the SDP.
>>> I'm sure you mean "the first mid value in the a=group:bundle" line.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Or perhaps "the first mid value in the bundle group" - assuming there is a definition that "bundle group" means an a=group:bundle line.
>>
>> In the draft "bundle group" means (or, at least is supposed to mean :) the bundle grouped m- lines, and in general I think it is better to explicitly mention the line/attribute.
>>
>>> This can be "future proofed" by saying that the first mid value in the bundle group in the answer that references an m-line with non-zero
>>> port value. I realize this adds nothing unless 5888 is revised to permit m-lines with zero port in a bundle group. But at least it will be ready for that, and harms nothing.
>>
>> I agree, but suggest a little different wording: by saying the first mid value in the group attribute MUST NOT represent a port zero m- line.
>
> I just want to be sure we're clear here.
>
> Are you saying that even if we relax 5888 so that we may have m-lines
> with port zero in a bundle group, that the *first* mid in the bundle
> group can't designate a zero port???

Yes, for BUNDLE. It doesn't have to be a generic 5888 rule.

> I guess that should always be possible as long as there is at least one
> with a non-zero port.
>
> Do we have a possibility, with ICE, that all the m-lines in the bundle
> will have zero port? (Because we are waiting for ICE to figure out the
> actual port.) Or are we going to use something else for that purpose?
>
> As long as there is no possibility of having a bundle where all the
> ports are zero then I'm ok with what you propose.

I hear what you're saying.

But, in that case saying "first non-zero mid" does not work either, does it? :)

Another option is to also allow mids for zero-port m- lines to be first. A first mid for a port zero m- line would mean that there is no port for bundled media. Maybe there could be a use-case for that.

Regards,

Christer