Darwin Streaming Server: MP4 file streaming over RTP

[Hera]

Hi,

I’m new in streaming and I have a conceptual question.

I have a video file (H.264/AVC) parsed into a MP4 file format with hint tracks to get it streamed with Darwin Streaming Server. The question is: is it only streaming the video content or the .mp4 file itself? I mean, are there any MP4 File Format specific fields being sent in the RTP payload? In other words, does the server send the whole MP4 file or is it able to just send the H.264/AVC video track? Does the streaming client need a MP4 extractor or only a RTP depacketizer?

Thank you in advance.