The first RTP packet for a telephone event MUST have the marker (M) bit set.

Checked 2026-09-24

The first packet for an event MUST have the M bit set.
Vendor
IETF
Product
RTP telephone-event payload
Subsystem
sender behaviour
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 4733
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). DTMF methods and interoperability failures: source note dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit,
  title  = {DTMF methods and interoperability failures: source note dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit},
  note   = {Source note dtmf-interop-first-packet-m-bit, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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