There are already use cases in live streaming that multicast will not be able to handle well, such as DVR/trick play, access control, and auditing. I think the window of opportunity for multicast doing any sort of heavy lifting of media is gone.
On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Marc Manthey wrote: >>> I would like to ask any experts if you think that multicast is a >>> real peer 2 peer competitor >>> and could decrease streaming traffic in the near ipv6 future. >> >> Multicast is not going to happen on the Internet, at least not in any >> way that would allow it to substitute for P2P. > > So RTMFP is just an excuse in case Multicast will not happen , like > tunneling ipv6 over ipv4 ? > > Ray Miller has a different opinion: > >> Multicast Ready for Comeback > > http://www.cable360.net/ct/news/ctreports/commentary/Multicast-Ready-for-Comeback_38866.html > > regards > > Marc > > > -- > Les enfants teribbles - research / deployment > Marc Manthey- Vogelsangerstrasse 97 > 50823 Köln - Germany > Tel.:0049-221-29891489 > Mobil:0049-1577-3329231 > project : http://opencu.org > blog: http://macbroadcast.org > twitter: http://twitter.com/macbroadcast/ > facebook : http://opencu.tk > > > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or > otherwise). > > Please note that according to the German law on data retention, > information on every electronic information exchange with me is > retained for a period of six months. > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
