[LUAU] Multicast Video streaming for the Internet?

[Jim Thompson]

On Feb 15, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Dustin Cross wrote:

> Thanks Angela.
>
> I was already looking at VideoLan.  My biggest issue is:
>
> 1. how do I get a server on the Mbone?

You get an mbone connection.  Lava is likely your best local choice.

> I think I just need to co-locate the server at Lava or Flex, get an 
> Mbone
> IP, and I am fine.

There are no "mbone IPs".   Not static ones, anyway.  You just need an 
IP connection.
http://www.multicast-isp-list.com/

> 2. do I need the server on Mbone?

depends what you want to do.

> 3. can users get to the server if it is on Mbone?

If they're also on "the mbone".  :-)

> I have been trying to find anything to connect to on Mbone and can't 
> find
> anything.  Is no one using Mbone?  Does RR not connect to Mbone?  Will
> broadband users even be able to access my multicast stream if I get it
> setup?

possible, but unlikely.

http://www.live.com/mbone/

>
> Thanks,
> Dusty
>
>
>> On Tuesday 2005-02-15 10:01, Dustin Cross wrote:
>>> Aloha,
>>
>> http://www.videolan.org/
>>
>>> I think I would need the server on the Mbone?  How do you go about
>>> doing this?
>>> Does RoadRunner or other broadband providers pass multicast traffic
>>> from mbone to users?
>>> If anyone has any knowledge about multicast, mbone, or streaming 
>>> video
>>> that would be very helpful to me.
>>
>> LavaNet already has, to the best of my possibly obsolete knowledge,
>> both IPv6 and MultiCast to the MBone...
>>
>> http://www.lava.net/
>>
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