TCPDeliver, slow..

[PhrostByte]

I'm trying to split my encode between two computers but TCPDeliver seems to be slowing things down more than speeding them up.

When I do this, I get around 5% network usage (direct 100mbit link) and ~10% CPU usage on each computer, encoding at less than 1fps.

Anyone know what's wrong?

[sh0dan]

Originally posted by PhrostByte
Anyone know what's wrong?
Crappy code. :(

- but nobody seem to use it anyway, so my motivation for making it better hasn't been big. And my time is unfortunately very limited ATM.

[Mug Funky]

at the moment it's probably more useful for renderfarm type things with really slow scripts.

with 2 computers, it might be easier to simply do the encode in 2 halves and join later...

[PhrostByte]

/me opens up visual studio

any pointers on a good place to start optimizing?

[sh0dan]

TCP transfer is without doubt the biggest "problem". I tried various methods and different packet sizes, but to no real effect. Maybe I've missed something somewhere.

My next plan was to convert everything to UDP and drop TCP all-together. There is packet splitting, but no packet numbering and no implemented CRC which is needed for safe UDP.

Edit: Moved to development.