[Ti] Shawn's QuickTime Tip

[Alan Thompson]

UDP is much less chatty, and I *think* they figure that when some  
packets of video are dropped, they're not going to re-send those  
packets, so they use UDP as a default (as do the chat programs, etc.)  
over TCP.

On Jun 10, 2005, at 8:23 PM, ~flipper wrote:

> I'll be brief, the tip on the UDP --> HTTP worked instantly (maybe  
> faster, actually). Long live TCP!!!
>
> you're on a 'roll' now. :)
>
> Why UDP as a default? And whose 'defauts' are these, anyway?
>