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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:49

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"Jonathan Benedicto" <incorrect@no.server> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to stream compressed audio between computers.
>
> Does TCP have too much latency to make be able to do
> it well ? Should I use UDP instead ?

That depends on what you are trying to accomplish in the first place.  Since
the data is being compressed, use TCP if data integrity is important, since
UDP can deliver data in different ordering than it was sent and also data
may be lost altogether.  On the other hand, if the data is being comressed
small enough that blocks of audio can fit into individual UDP packets
(usually 8K max), and you don't care if packets get lost, then UDP is fine.


Gambit

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