Example methods and apparatus to communicate media across different networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves determining, with a processor, whether a second network device in a second network has a capability associated with a first descriptor in a first data packet from a first network device in a first network, communicating, with the processor, a second descriptor indicative of whether the second network device has the capability to the first network device via a second data packet, and when the second network device has the capability, receiving, via the second network device, data from a communication source that bypasses the first network device and communicates the data to the second network device.