Alexandre, what library/libraries/code base are you using for MIDI-over-TCP? Can you give a URL or two?
J.E.B. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 2:39 PM Alexandre Ratchov <a...@caoua.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 04:49:48PM -0500, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote: > > > > I had not realized that TCP could produce timing errors, I do understand > that > > now, I remember that being a challenge in the early development of > streaming > > audio. I wonder if OSC2MIDI can use OSC time tag data to handle: > > http://opensoundcontrol.org/spec-1_0 > > > > I am working on compiling OSC2MIDI right now, does not appear trivial, > we'll > > see :-) > > > > I throw few thoughts as I use a lot midi-over-tcp: > > On switched ethernet, latency is excelent and the physical link is > reliable. If the network is not busy there are no packet drops and no > delays caused by tcp retransmissions. I've never seen retransmission > in normal conditions. > > If the network is busy, the host and/or the routers could be > configured to prioritize and reserve bandwidth for the midi traffic > and avoid retransmissions. > > If you use udp or alike, you'll have to detect packet loss (otherwise > note-off events may be lost and certain notes would sound forever), > and retransmit packets by yourself, which is basically what tcp does > for us. > > HTH > > -- Alexandre > -- Jonathan E. Brickman j...@ponderworthy.com (785)233-9977 <(785)%20233-9977> Hear us at ponderworthy.com -- CDs and MP3 now available! <http://ponderworthy.com/ad-astra/ad-astra.html> Music of compassion; fire, and life!!!
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