[FFmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] tcp: add TCP keepalive tuning options

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Thanks for the feedback. I'll focus on something else then.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM Nicolas George via ffmpeg-devel <
ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:

> Practice2001 via ffmpeg-devel (HE12025-11-21):
> > Addition of tcp_keepalive, tcp_keepidle, tcp_keepintvl, and tcp_keepcnt
> > support to the TCP protocol. Exposeing these options to the HTTP protocol
> > so they can be used for HTTP(S) connections. Updated documentation.
> > Tested with: ./configure && make && make fate
>
> I am rather against this. We already have the option to enable it, which
> is necessary.
>
> But tweaking the parameters… Every time I have seen somebody want to do
> it, it was for the wrong reasons, to control user-visible timeouts.
> These settings are not designed for that and do not offer enough control
> to do it accurately.
>
> The fact that the proposal talks of using it in HTTP but not how is not
> encouraging.
>
> The fact that it does not work on Windows is also an indication: we
> cannot rely on them to implement features.
>
> Let us just close #11671 as wontfix.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>   Nicolas George
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