> 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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