[PD] UDP vs TCP, for OSC networking

[Ryan Smith]

Pretty much. TCP ensures that every packet gets there intact. You have
a back and forth between the server of the packet and the client to
make sure. UDP just sends the packet where you ask, and doesn't
confirm whether it makes it at all. Generally for most OSC use the
number of packets you're sending isn't going to be high enough that
packet loss is an issue and most people use UDP since it will be
faster. Then if you're running into packet loss, for whatever reason,
try switching to TCP.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Scott R. Looney <scottrlooney at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, i'm not an expert on PD but my feeling was that TCP does error checking
> while UDP does not, and that at least is one reason why TCP should be slower
> than UDP in a typical networking situation.
>
> scott
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Jonghyun Kim <agitato816 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm sending data between two computers, in every 10ms. For fast
>> networking, TCP is better result? I don't know which is better. Most
>> tutorials show example of OSC with UDP. Why?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jong
>>
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