Re: video distribution

2004-07-14 Thread Ben Crosby
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christopher, 1) Are your end users using TV's or PC's to view the streams ? 2) When you refer to "WAN" is the entire IP network under your control ? 3) Are there any restrictions on conditional access or bandwidth placed upon the implementation by th

RE: video distribution

2004-07-14 Thread John Ferriby
> I wanted to make a number of video streams available across an IP WAN > network, I have a couple of options. Unicast or Multicast. Unicast isn't > the most efficient method necessarily so my preference would be Multicast. Depends on the exact nature of what you are doing and the network(s) in

Re: video distribution

2004-07-14 Thread Marshall Eubanks
If you have control over the entire network, I would suggest native multicast. This is used operationally by a number of providers and is one candidate for the next generation of "cable" TV providers. If you want to reach arbitrary people across networks, then you will need to do either unicast or

video distribution

2004-07-14 Thread Christopher J. Wolff
Hello, I have a "state of the state" sort of question for you guru's out there. If I wanted to make a number of video streams available across an IP WAN network, I have a couple of options. Unicast or Multicast. Unicast isn't the most efficient method necessarily so my preference would be Mult