Phil Leigh;604970 Wrote: > > Finally there is NO error correction on ethernet transmission! - there > is checksum processing which detects invalid/corrupt packets, but it > can't correct them, they have to be retransmitted. So no, there is no > additional processor loading. Corrupt packets are extremely rare on a > properly configured LOCAL network. They are much more likely over the > Internet. > Well... if ethernet transamission does use load, ethernet re-transmission will cause more load. This is a way of error correction (I did not say, interpolation, but error detection and whatever way of exact correction...) Phil Leigh;604970 Wrote: > > It's nothing like (for example) CD error correction or interpolation. Well, of course not... CD error correction is a "guess" aka interpolation, and not exact, HD, DVD do have error correction based on checksum error detetion with correction bits and usually are able to restore the exact bytes, and ethernet apparently does the error correction retransmitting... however, there IS error detection and correction. I guess I was not soooo wrong with that. But you are certainly right, as you say, rare. However, over wireless it might be more frequent, right? That's probably one reason why using ethernet is more stable.
However, I saw, you were discussion about ethernet cables being better or worse... so... if there is no other possible impact to the sound than an issue with bit accuracy, why should cables possibly make a difference? But apparently, there is more to that than just measuring the bits? Well OKOK let's not get too far away of topic :) Cheers! -- diego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
