[OSC_dev] tcp/udp etc

[Andy W. Schmeder]

On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:15 AM, Gaspard Bucher wrote:

> This is also one of my concerns. Instead of the /reply_to or /register
> thing, why not just use TCP ? Anyone with experience using TCP for  
> osc ?


TCP is a serial transport so it needs a framing layer on top; SLIP  
(RFC 1055, double-ended variant) is a good choice.

But UDP is bidirectional anyways if you use recv_from and send_to with  
specific source and destination ports, though this fact seems all too  
often overlooked.


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Andy W. Schmeder
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