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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: RA/RV Feeds from RBN
> > I heard lots of questions on multicast today...here's how it works with > RealMedia. If you have decent MBONE connectivity, you'll negotiate > multicast when you connect to the audio or video stream. If you don't, the > client falls back to unicast UDP mode. If even that fails (say you're > behind a firewall), it rolls to TCP mode, and will ultimately resort to HTTP > "cloaking" if nothing else works. Users can override the automated > fall-back through the preferences dialog if there's a strong preference for > a particular mode. Odd. If MBone native tools aren't going to be offered, can you please make sure source code is available for the player? I normally use vat/sdr/rat on Digital Unix for watching NANOG, and it seems RealNetworks, Inc. haven't figured out how to compile their source on that platform yet. :-( Have we sunk to proprietary, closed protocols for NANOG? 'Tis a sad, sad day. :-( > Jeffrey Payne, GM Broadcast Operations > RealNetworks, Inc. As a representative of RealNetworks, do you have any comments on the availability of source code to your player, for those of us with multicast-supported systems you have chosen to ignore? Or is it simply time to declare NANOG yet another bastion of closed minds, and closed protocols? Matt Petach disgruntled NANOG non-viewer
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