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ssrc related lines

Next we have the ssrc related lines. SSRC stands for Synchronization Source and it is an unique identifier of the RTP media stream source. In this we  have many sources.  Roughly speaking, these lines establish a relationship between the SSRC flow identifier - an older RTP concept –  to a WebRTC Media Stream – a newer WebRTC concept.

a=ssrc:189858836 msid:GUKF430Khp9jEQiPrdYe0LbTAALiNAKAIfl2 ea392930-e126-4573-bea3-bfba519b4d59

This line is used to signal the association between the RTP concept of SSRC and the WebRTC concept of “media stream” / “media stream track” using SDP signaling [draft-ietf-mmusic-msid]. As you can see, the first number is the SSRC identifier that will be included in the SSRC field of the RTP packets. Following msid: we have the unique identifier included  in the semantic.