Extra Byte in TCP Stream

[Justin Wood]

That does potentially sound like it could be my issue.

Thank you,
Justin

On Sun Aug 29, 2021 at 12:01 AM EDT, Håkan Huss wrote:
> 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/
> >