[Kdenlive-devel] Kdenlive disconnecting/reconnecting?

[Rolf Dubitzky]

On Thursday 09 January 2003 10:21 pm, Jason Wood wrote:
> There is a problem at the moment, but I am not sure who's problem it is. If
> piave crashes, the socket it was listening on does not get closed properly,
> and piave is unable to open it until the socket "times out". This explains
> the time required before piave springs back to life.
>
> I think I read somewhere that it is possible to override the "time out" on
> a socket, but I cannot find the link anymore. I might be wrong. If it is
> possible, it would be great if piave did do it.
>
> Failing that, it would be very simple on kdenlives part to have two or more
> port numbers which it attempts to launch piave with. So if it fails on port
> 6100, it tries again on port 6101, then 6102, then back to 6100, or
> similar. That way, kdenlive would re-establish the link very quickly.
>
> What do you think, Rolf?


This is on my todo list. It's _very_ anoying. I have to install a proper crash 
handler and free the port in any case. Then I can reconnect imidiately.

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Cheers,
Rolf

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