[mythtv-users] Myth on a Laptop

[Brett Kosinski]

> On 10/01/2007 02:55 PM, Brett Kosinski wrote:
> >> And increases the download size (time) by about 33% (HTTP is text-based,
> >> so the binary must be base64 encoded (or whatever)).  Not bad if you're
> >> watching as you download (it's still faster than real-time), but kind of
> >> annoying when transferring 10's of GB of recordings for all your TV
> >> viewing during a week-long trip.
> > What on earth gives you that idea?  HTTP content payloads can most
> > certainly be binary.  Just telnet to a web server and issue a GET for
> > a binary to see for yourself.
>
> OK.  Then it's just plain slow compared to other file transfer methods.

Umm... BS. :)  Once the initial request/response exchange is complete,
it's just raw bytes flying across a socket.  What you say may only be
true if you're comparing to a UDP-based transport over a LAN, as TCP
has a certain amount of overhead, but that's hardly a fault of HTTP.

Brett.