[NUT-devel] nut-np (nut based network protocol)

[Oded Shimon]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 02:05:37PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> is there a non bloated non broken protocol around for streaming multimedia
> over the net?
> maybe we should invent one?

No objection :)

> [..]
> ecc (type 0)
>     simply the interleaved XOR of the bits of all covered packets so a single
>     lost packet can be recovered without retransmit

How does this work with different sized packets?.. you just use the max 
size, and pad with zeroes?

> [..]

Anything on the client side communication?.. Unless I'm understanding 
wrong, there should be some info about that too, a client asking a 
specific packet again, or seeking...

- ods15