Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 May 2003 01:32:03 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ketil Froyn <> | Subject | Re: sendfile |
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On Thu, 1 May 2003, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Pål Halvorsen wrote: > > > OK, but I understand that my streaming scenario is not the target > > application for sendfile. > > What stops you from using sendfile (with TCP) to each destination > separately, with the client only reading from the pipe as needed > (presumably with a number of frames worth of buffer on the client > side)?
I don't think TCP is suitable for streaming multimedia stuff to clients. For instance, if a packet does not arrive on the client, it's better to handle this in the client and skip a frame or show one of worse quality than to have the video stop while waiting for the server to resend.
Ketil
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