Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> 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.
Well I wasn't thinking of using hard copy. Uploading to youtube makes
some sense. But then how long will it remain on youtube?
>>> 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.
That's why I asked the question about how long they should remain
available. I don't know how many people would be willing to remain a
permanent part of the torrent. I figure the limited number of people
associated with KPLUG aren't going to tax our shared bandwidth that
much. If sparkplug is just the tracker and the file is seeded through
several members of the group, no one person will carry the bandwidth.
But then I don't know the details well enough. Has anyone distributed
a file only through a torrent? Is there a way to make sure no single
person supplies all the bandwidth, from the beginning?
>>> 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.
I think it's an interesting technology question. Can you supply a file
from a torrent only, without any specific location holding the entire
file, so no single server gets all the bandwidth? I suppose there
would have to be an expiration time on the file. Perhaps only until
the next meeting.
>>> 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.
Well we can resolve that problem by requiring a copyright release for
each presentation that we will supply online.
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