mix together multiple packets from clients

socket.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 require 'socket'
 BUFFER_SLEEP_DURATION_MSECS = 20
+CLIENT_LIST_MEMORY_DURATION_SECS = 1
 
 begin 
   # create the UDPSocket object
   socket = UDPSocket.new
 
-  $dataBuffer = Array.new
+  $dataBuffer = nil
   $receivers = Hash.new
 
   listenThread = Thread.new(socket) {
@@ -17,9 +18,20 @@ begin
     # while true loop to keep listening for new packets
     while true do
       data, sender = socket.recvfrom 1024
-      puts "Recieved #{data.size} bytes from #{sender[3]}"
+      puts "Recieved #{data.size} bytes from #{sender[3]} on #{sender[1]}"
-      $dataBuffer << data
+
-      $receivers[sender[3]] = sender[1]
+      # there are 2 bytes per sample
+      newSamples = data.unpack("s<*")
+      
+      if $dataBuffer.nil?
+        $dataBuffer = newSamples
+      else
+        $dataBuffer.each_with_index do |sample, index|
+          sample = (sample + newSamples[index]) / 2
+        end
+      end
+
+      $receivers["#{sender[3]}:#{sender[1]}"] = Time.now.to_f
     end  
   }
 
@@ -27,15 +39,19 @@ begin
     while true do
       sleep(BUFFER_SLEEP_DURATION_MSECS/1000)
       
-      if $dataBuffer.size > 0 
+      unless $dataBuffer.nil?
-        $receivers.each do |ip, port|
+        $receivers.each do |ip_port, time|
-          puts $dataBuffer[0]
+          if (time > Time.now.to_f - CLIENT_LIST_MEMORY_DURATION_SECS)
-          puts ip
+            ip, port = ip_port.split(':')
-          puts port
+            socket.send $dataBuffer.pack("s<*"), 0, ip, port
-          socket.send $dataBuffer[0], 0, ip, port
+            puts "Sent mixed frame to #{ip} on #{port}"
+          else
+            puts "Nobody to send mixed frame to"
+            $receivers.delete(ip_port)
+          end
         end
 
-        $dataBuffer.clear
+        $dataBuffer = nil
       end      
     end
   }