11 Sep
2014
11 Sep
'14
1:15 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:44 AM, <karl(a)aspodata.se> wrote:
Why don't you prototype it with netcat:
Terminal 1:
$ nc -u -l -p 4000 localhost
hej
asdf
^C
$
Terminal 2:
$ nc -u localhost 4000
hej
asdf
^C
$
Instead of two terminals, use two computers and write a sender and
a receiver program, and start debugging.
as powerful as some unix prototyping tools can be, just stop for a second.
although i'd be the first person to suspect stupid financial motivations
behind the proliferation of audio-over-(ethernet|IP) solutions, do you
really think that if delivery low latency audio streams was even remotely
achievable with a tool like netcat that we would have seen the emergence of
special network interfaces and completely new ethernet-level protocols?
audio-via-cat5 cable isn't a new problem, waiting for the right solution.
it is an old problem with at least a half dozen solutions each with
different pros and cons.