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Old 07-20-2017, 04:52 PM  
rowan
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An error correcting protocol (like TCP) isn't good for a time sensitive stream which can handle occasional corruption. As soon as TCP loses a packet the stream will stall as the source first detects the loss, then performs a retransmission.

Better to have someone's head go blocky for the next half second due to a missed data packet, rather than have the whole picture freeze.
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