[pvrusb2] MPEG stream distribution

Mike Isely isely at isely.net
Sat Feb 18 18:13:18 CST 2006


On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Phil Endecott wrote:

> >> It would be good if the
> >> connections could be via filesystem nodes rather than TCP sockets;
> >> any ideas how to do that?
>
> > Unix sockets.
>
> Unfortunately you can't just open() a unix-domain socket, even though it
> appears to be in the filesystem; you have to call socket() and bind()
> like an IP socket.
>

Oh sorry, you meant something other than a _socket_.  I thought you meant 
something other than a _TCP_ socket.

There's a utility package called "netcat" floating around which I've heard 
described as the "TCP/IP swiss army knife".  Maybe something like that 
might help.

   -Mike


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