From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Nov 9 13:35:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from shell.wetworks.org (shell.wetworks.org [63.160.175.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E59637B4C5 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:35:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 48828 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2000 21:35:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO diskfarm.firehouse.net) (10.0.0.28) by 192.168.1.2 with SMTP; 9 Nov 2000 21:35:04 -0000 Received: (from abc@localhost) by diskfarm.firehouse.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eA9LcUn60516; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:38:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from abc) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:38:30 -0500 From: Alan Clegg To: Tim Pozar Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RTP vs. HTTP as streaming protocol, SMIL Message-ID: <20001109163830.A60099@diskfarm.firehouse.net> References: <20001109082322.DFDC07AEEB@defiant.vmunix.org> <20001109132515.A95823@lns.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20001109132515.A95823@lns.com>; from pozar@lns.com on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:25:15PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Unless the network is lying to me again, Tim Pozar said: > As for the amount of time it takes to learn and maintain an > MCAST/MBONE link... I have been connected since '96 and it is pretty > easy to set up (mrouted or other methods) and maintain. Admititly > there is a reliability problem as the MBONE is a bit lossy and it > does go up and down. Players like Realplayer can be set up to try > multicast and then fall back to unicast so outages are less of a > problem. I've been trying to find a service provider in my area (Silicon Valley of the South) that understands and can provide Multicast. There are none that are affordable. To get multicast, you have to go to Alternet or Sprint, and both of them are *WAY* expensive. Even the national DSL providers go "uh, what's multicast" when you ask. Then, when you do get past the sales droids, the technical people go "uh, that stuff is really complicated and we don't do it." Anybody interested in starting a new provider that actually has clue? AlanC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message