Stewart Stremler wrote:
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.
Perhaps we could pay for our bandwidth?
It'd probably be cheaper to just give out DVD's to anyone who wanted it
and/or let them copy it. Faster, too.
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.
So we'd upload the big video file to sparky, then select KPLUG members
would pull that file from sparky and rehost that file on their machines
as part of a torrent?
BitTorrent is only useful when you have lots of people around willing to
host the file a long time. 2 or 3 people with only ADSL upload speeds
really wouldn't be that useful.
A KPLUG video probably doesn't qualify.
I think it's an interesting topic for discussion. What do you think?
It's a worthwhile discussion.
Absolutely. The more interesting discussion from my point of view is
how cheap we can make this.
I have been *dying* for something that would work for my classes.
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?
...do we need to get presenters to sign copyright disclaimers?
When do the lawyers get involved?
Interesting question.
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