From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 25 21:07:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A540D1065677 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 21:07:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3738FC1B for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 21:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 159D22E363; Mon, 25 May 2009 23:06:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 23:06:57 +0200 From: cpghost To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20090525210657.GA12424@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <4A1A9FF0.40609@webrz.net> <4ad871310905251225y6da0f41bl7718e9a3290dfa19@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Streaming server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:07:02 -0000 On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 09:30:30PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > make search key="streaming" > > > > in the ports directory. IMHO, streaming versus downloading is more > > bandwidth intensive overall. > > and give NO adventages. > > anyway - file that is available through FTP/HTTP or similar way you can > stream too. just without any extra tools both under windoze and unix. You're aware of UDP-based real-time streaming protocols, right? RTP being one of them: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3550 In streaming vs. file download there's a trade off. In file streaming, all data must arrive, and it doesn't matter that retransmission of lost packets temporarily interrupts the transmission (that's what TCP does very well). In streaming, lost packets are tolerated, as long as the transmission doesn't "hang" (e.g. due to retransmissions). Here, UDP- based protocols are often a better choice. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/