HP-UX Multimedia Streaming Protocols (MSP) Programmer's Guide

About This Document
This manual describes how to install and use the HP-UX Multimedia Streaming
Protocols (MSP) Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) on the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2,
and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems.
This manual assumes that the HP-UX 11i v1, HP–UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 operating
system software and the appropriate files, scripts, and subsets are installed.
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Intended Audience
This manual is intended for application developers responsible for developing
multimedia streaming applications using the Multimedia Streaming Protocol (MSP)
APIs. Developers are expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts, library
functions, and C coding. They should also have knowledge of Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking concepts and network configuration.
This manual is not a C, MSP or TCP/IP tutorial.
Document Organization
The HP-UX Multimedia Streaming Protocols (MSP) Programmer’s Guide is organized as
follows:
Chapter 1 Chapter 1 (page 13) presents an overview of MSP and lists the
components that the MSP software contains.
Chapter 2 Chapter 2 (page 19) describes the libraries in the MSP software.
Chapter 3 Chapter 3 (page 81) describes how to troubleshoot the MSP libraries.
Chapter 4 Chapter 4 (page 85) includes sample programs for RTP, RTSP, and
SDP.
Typographical Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
audit(5) An HP-UX manpage. The name of the manpage is audit and 5 is the
section in the HP-UX Reference. On the web and on the Instant
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