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Note
Host Extensions for IP Multicasting [
RFC1112
] specifies the extensions required of a host
implementation of the Internet Protocol (IP) to support multicasting. The multicast addresses are
in the range 224.0.0.0 through 239.255.255.255. Address assignments are listed below.
The range of addresses between 224.0.0.0 and 224.0.0.255, inclusive, is reserved for the use of
routing protocols and other low-level topology discovery or maintenance protocols, such as
gateway discovery and group membership reporting. Multicast routers should not forward any
multicast datagram with destination addresses in this range, regardless of its TTL.
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Local Network Control Block (224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0/24))
Internetwork Control Block (224.0.1.0 - 224.0.1.255 (224.0.1/24))
AD-HOC Block I (224.0.2.0 - 224.0.255.255)
RESERVED (224.1.0.0-224.1.255.255 (224.1/16))
SDP/SAP Block (224.2.0.0-224.2.255.255 (224.2/16))
AD-HOC Block II (224.3.0.0-224.4.255.255 (224.3/16, 224.4/16))
RESERVED (224.5.0.0-224.251.255.255 (251 /16s))
DIS Transient Groups 224.252.0.0-224.255.255.255 (224.252/14))
RESERVED (225.0.0.0-231.255.255.255 (7 /8s))
Source-Specific Multicast Block (232.0.0.0-232.255.255.255 (232/8))
GLOP Block
AD-HOC Block III (233.252.0.0-233.255.255.255 (233.252/14))
Unicast-Prefix-based IPv4 Multicast Addresses
Scoped Multicast Ranges
Relative Addresses used with Scoped Multicast Addresses
Multicast (as opposed to unicast) is used to send UDP packets from 1 source to multiple
destination servers. This is useful for example for streaming from a satellite/DVB-T receiver to
multiple receiving PCs for playback. Multicast can also be used on the output of an encoder
to feed multiple streaming servers. Multicast only works with UDP and is not possible with
TCP due to the 2 way nature of TCP, most commonly multicast is used with RTP and MPEG2-
TS.
A multicast IP address must be chosen according to IANA information, we recommend using
an address in the range
239.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255
as this is reserved for private
use. Using multicast addresses in the 224.0.0.0 range may clash with existing services and
cause your stream to fail. For more details see
http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-
addresses/multicast-addresses.xml
Choosing a UDP port number for multicast streams is also important. Even if you use a
different multicast IP for each of your streams, we strongly recommend using different UDP
port numbers as well. This is because a server and all software running on the server receives