Sorry for all the pronouns, I don't remember who said what, just he
gist of the conversation:
Someone asked at the KPLUG installfest if there was a way that we
could make available video of the meetings. Someone else said, that it
would require a lot of additional software, like a streaming server, a
fast connection from the meeting room to our server, and that would
require a lot of technical work.
Then someone asked if it could be served up as a single file for
download. Rodney Williams said there are video cameras that directly
output MPEG4. Gus responded that our bandwidth is donated and it would
be an imposition to use so much by serving up such large files.
Then the topic of bit torrent came up. Suppose KPLUG members set up a
torrent to provide the files, and the server is used as the tracker.
That would distribute the files and bandwidth across multiple
connections, thus not impacting any one person or location.
I think it's an interesting topic for discussion. What do you think?
Is the idea of using a torrent practical? Should we just provide it in
raw format or should it be edited down? Who would volunteer to do the
editing? How long would we make the files available?
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