2.1.5.3 MSB: Relationship to Other Protocols

Media Stream Broadcast (MSB) Protocol packets are encapsulated in the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The UDP packets can be transmitted over either IPv4 or IPv6. The MSB Protocol packets are used to transport Advanced Systems Format (ASF) packets. In addition, the MSB Protocol uses the forward error correction (FEC) algorithm, as specified in [RFC3452], for error detection.

The MSB Protocol is mutually exclusive from the Windows Media HTTP Streaming Protocol (WMSP), the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) Protocol (MMSP), the Media Stream Broadcast Distribution (MSBD) Protocol, the Windows Media HTTP Push Distribution Protocol (WMHTTP), and the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) Windows Media Extensions (RTSP-WME). When using MSB, it is not possible to use the preceding protocols. It is possible, however, to use the Windows Media Log Data Structure (WMLOG) concurrently with MSB.