OSC - Bonjour name vs Bonjour hostname

[StirHouse]

Hi all -

I am running some tests with OSC and bonjour and found something strange. I am using the LiveGrabber GrabberReciever patch and it sets the bonjour name to MyLiveSet by default. When I try to connect to 'MyLiveSet' or 'MyLiveSet.local' in Lemur, it doesn't work. However, when I connect to [the name of my macbook].local it works. This seems to be off, am I missing something here? In the NetExplorer app in iOS I see the MyLiveSet entry which looks like this:

Name=MyLiveSet
Type=_osc._udp
Domain=local.
Hostname=[name of my macbook].local
Port=2345

Any idea why I can't connect using the name rather than the hostname?

Thanks,

Mark

[Macciza]

Hi
probably because it doesn't support Bonjour style discovery etc which needs to be implemented on both sides...
That hostname is universal, nothing to do with bonjour in particular,

Using hostname is usually pretty safe in a dynamic ip environment and easier than ip addresses ....

Hope that helps