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Over the last few days, I've been unable to access any media by using the rsync protocol. Everytime I try, it returns an error code of 10, meaning there are issues with the socket I\O. As a workaround I created a duplicate set of media using the http protocol, and so far haven't had any difficulty. Anybody have any thoughts?

rsync goes over a different port to http

at work i sometimes have issues with rsync, and have to do the same as you and switch to
http, because i have no control over the corperate wlan.

at home it works because i allow rsync out via my very restrictive firewall.

but its more than likely a port blocking at some point between your host and the servers.

you haven't given any info on your internet setup, so i would guess you have some firewall or
parental control like filter restricting what ports you can go out on the internet with.
obviously this is a very generic answer, and no one can give you more info without
better understanding your setup.
either your router or something at your isp, i would guess.

regards peter

Since I don't utilize a firewall, or any kind of 'net nanny, I have to think the difficultes I was having w\ rsync was at the ISP end. But as of these last few days, the problem seems to have desisted and I've been able to use rsync w\out difficulty. But I'm going to keep an eye out, though.

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