GVSP packets are sent by the device for the video stream transmission. Depending on the device, it is possible to have more than one stream simultaneously, each directed to a different client port. Stream is splitted in frames. For each frame, identified by a frame id, three different packets are used: a leader packet, one or more data packets, and a trailer packet. Each packet in a frame is identified by a packet id, starting from 0.

The ArvGvsp API offers a set of function for handling of GVSP packets. Structure of a GVSP is described in #ArvGvspPacket structure documentation. Content of leader and trailer packets in #ArvGvspDataLeader and #ArvGvspDataTrailer.

In the video stream reception code, client must take care to check if all frame packets are present, and ask for packet resend for missing ones, using a GVCP packet resend command.