Re: [xine-devel] input_rtp, how to specify network adapter name?

[Siggi L. <si...@us...>]

Hi Steve,

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Steve wrote:

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> udp://234.5.6.7:1000:eth0[1]
>
> Do you agree with this approach, or should the adapter be a config option?

I guess the MRL is fine.
Maybe you want to add a config option for the defult interface, which is
used unless something else is specified in the MRL, though.

> The socket API is a little strange, you have to specify the IP address of the
> adapter you wish to use instead of the adapter name. So I need to know which
> function to call to translate from adapter to IP address - do you happen to
> know what it is?

Hmmm, tough.
Additionally, you can have several adapters using the same IP address,
which may be a useful failsafe setup. (Connecting both cards to different
switches, for automatic failover.)

So I'm not sure if there is a way to convert interface => IP address. I'd
expect a function to bind sockets to a certain interface, though. It's
just that I haven't found it after a quick search...

	Siggi