Extra Byte in TCP Stream

[Håkan Huss]

Maybe
https://serverfault.com/questions/1034291/rtmp-tcp-extra-byte-in-packet can
provide the answer?

/Håkan

Den sön 29 aug. 2021 03:01Justin Wood <me@REDACTED> skrev:

> Hello List!
>
> I am in the process of building out an encoder/decoder for the RTMP
> protocol. I am testing my application with two clients. OBS[0] (this is
> considered the best client software to use for live streaming) and
> rtmpdump[1] (this is considered the best way to test your server
> implementation).
>
> My problem is that when using OBS, everything works as expected (or
> maybe I just haven't noticed it yet). When I use rtmpdump, I am getting
> an extra byte (195 or C3 in hex) placed in my TCP stream. Normally I
> would blame the implentation, but I am not seeing this byte when viewing
> traffic within wireshark. I have also tested this this on two machines.
> On both machines the extra byte is the same but the placement of it
> varies depending on which machine I am using but is always in the same
> place. Through the help of someone in IRC, it LOOKS like this is
> happening at a packet boundary, but I am not overly knowledgeable about
> this, so that may not be the case.
>
> I am using gen_tcp directly and am inspecting the data before it gets
> placed into my application and I am seeing this extra byte. So I am not
> somehow adding it myself.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on how I may be able to go about
> diagnosing this, I would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Justin
>
> [0] - https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio
> [1] - https://rtmpdump.mplayerhq.hu/
>
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