Video Distribution Profile (VDP)
 VDP defines how a Bluetooth enabled device streams video over Bluetooth wireless technology.
Usage Scenarios
Sample use cases include the streaming of a stored video from a PC media center to a portable player or streaming from a digital video camera to a TV.
Example Products
Here are a few examples of the types of devices that you might find using the VDP:
- PC
- Portable Player
- Video Camera
- TV
- Video monitor
Getting Technical
The VDP defines two roles, Source (SRC) and Sink (SNK).
- Source (SRC) – A device is the SRC when it acts as a source of a digital video stream that is delivered to the SNK of the piconet.
- Sink (SNK) – A device is the SNK when it acts as a sink of a digital video stream delivered from the SRC on the same piconet.
The Baseband, LMP, L2CAP, SDP are Bluetooth protocols defined in the Bluetooth Core specifications. AVDTP consists of a signalling entity for negotiation of streaming parameters and a transport entity that can handle streaming itself.
The Application layer shown in the figure to the left is the entity in which the device can set application service and transport service parameters. The entity also adapts the video streaming data into/from the defined packet format.
For the shaded protocols/entities in the figure to the left, the GAVDP applies, except in thosecases where this profile explicitly states deviations.
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