C# - TcpClient - Detecting end of stream?

Question

I am trying to interface an ancient network camera to my computer and I am stuck at a very fundamental problem -- detecting the end of stream.

I am using TcpCl

Answer 1

Well you can't exactly says EOS on a network communication ( unless the other party drop the connection ) usually the protocol itself contains something to signal that the message is complete ( sometimes a new line, for example ). So you read the stream and feed a buffer, and you extract complete message by applying these strategies.