> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Video-Streaming-Server > > > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 15:00, Ferguson, Michael wrote: > > > I was not thinking of using tuner cards on the workstations. I was > > thinking of something much simpler. Each workstation would simply get > > the one channel that the server is tuned to at that particular moment. > > Yes - for that you just generate a multicast stream and any workstation > on the LAN that runs vlc set to read that multicast address can view it. > > > Are you saying that if the workstations all had tuner card on them > > they could tune to any channell? > > No, but you could have several machines with tuners feeding different > channels on different multicast addresses. Or one feed can play to only > one address instead of multicasting. Or you could capture shows to files > and replay them on demand. > > > All that video flowing on the LAN??? Bandwidth problems?? No? > > It adds up quickly. Hence, how does the big name ISPs do their Video ON Demand? It's a very interesting problem which I can see. SInce everything is VOD, click of a button and things start to happen. How much of bandwidth can the ISP actually send over to the DSL user? I can understand if they only send it to a handful. What about 1000 users? Everyone wants to watch at the _same_ time, then they can do multicast. What about Per Per View then?? How can that be achieved?? -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 14:47:51 up 5:40, 6 users, load average: 2.00, 1.59, 1.48
