OK, we were talking apples and oranges, but the ideas are pretty much the same.
Broadcast can be over either unicast or multicast. (I'm unicast here in two different senses for lack of a better word - 1) broadcast vs unicast and 2) unicast vs multicast. Multicast for the most part is going to be effective only in an area where routers are configured to support IGMP, such as in a corporate network, but not typically across the internet, at least in the US. Efforts like the MBONE are in place but I know very little about them. I ought to do some consulting as well, but I don't have the interest right now. Me < was Microsoft Support Engineer for Windows Media Services. Erika, I'm in Charlotte, so I'm not too far away. Want to hire me? :-) - Matt Small -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:26 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Streaming Media Matthew Small wrote: > Just so you know, Windows Media Services have extremely good codecs and the > media server is a snap to manage. What's more, it comes included in the > Windows Servers. I am quite familiar with it. Check out http://collegerama.tudelft.nl/ where I do some consulting on the Windows part of things :-) > Like Jochem said, streaming servers can be configured for either broadcast > or unicast connections. Broadcast is where each client receives the same > signal and watches it from beginning to end, like a TV show. Unicast allows > each client to control his own version of the signal, like VHS. That is not really what I meant. Even with individual unicast connections, you can force users to watch a clip from begin to end without the possibility to jump to certain points in it with certain codecs. Broadcast (or multicast) is an entirely different category and is usually only suiteable for live events. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149717 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
