ImageIO.read() from Socket-stream

Hi,

I have an application sending JPEGs via a TCP connection.
By now I used a Delphi program on the other side to receive the pics.

Now I want to create a Java applet that does the work of the Delphi
program, but I have problems reading the pics from the socket's
stream.
Here's my code:

8<--------------------------------------------------

public BufferedImage getImage()
{
BufferedImage image;

try
{
ImageInputStrea m stream = ImageIO.createI mageInputStream (
_cSocket.getInp utStream() ); // _cSocket is of class Socket

image = ImageIO.read( stream );
}
catch( Exception e )
{
System.err.prin tln( e );
}

return image;
}

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The function returns null. There seems to be no appropriate
ImageReader.
Now, when I add the following lines to the function, it works fine:

8<--------------------------------------------------

while( _cSocket.getInp utStream().avai lable() > 0 )
{
byte[] b = new byte[2];

int c = _cSocket.getInp utStream().read ( b );

if( b[0] == 0xFF && b[1] == 0xD9 ) // FF D) are the last two byte
of a JPEG
break;
}

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But that's not exactly what I wanted. I guess it skips every second
pic.
Can anybody explain this phenomenon.

My setup:
Windows 2000
Java 1.4.2_02