On Aug 9, 2013 5:33 PM, "jimmy frasche" <soapboxcicero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > But I hit a stumbling block when I got to reading the incoming ETSN > message: what do I do if I read more than the message? Why read the header all at once? Read 1 byte -> $version Read 1 byte -> $size Read $size bytes -> $servicename