From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Mar 25 09:13:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15420 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:13:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA15407 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 09:13:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id QAA13603; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:37:50 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199803251537.QAA13603@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: The FreeBSD lounge... To: james@miller.cs.uwm.edu (Jim Lowe) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:37:50 +0100 (MET) Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199803251659.KAA32353@miller.cs.uwm.edu> from "Jim Lowe" at Mar 25, 98 10:59:28 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >Of course it would be great if there was also some content being > >transmitted... even background music from some radio station if > >necessary... One thing i suggest, if possible, is to default formats > >etc to something that can be carried on modem lines, i.e. GSM audio and > >low-bandwidth, low resolution video. > > > Actually, this content is already available on the Mbone. ``Places > all over the world'' usually has low bandwidth video and there are > about 10 radio stations who transmit stuff. > > I think the Lounge could be used as a place to meet, chat, and > exchange ideas -- the problem is we really need some people to > just hang out on a regular basis. If there is interest in this, that's why i was not asking for generic MBone content, but for something hopefully interesting to be transmitted on that channel: to attract people to hang out on it. > I can start up the announcement for the Lounge again. why not :) cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message