Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Ben Scott
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: > I doubt this would be possible. Remember, the stuff that is > transmitted is DRMed up the yazoo, and streamed (aka, unlikely to be > going over HTTP) I'd guess that, at a minimum, they're using HTTP over SSL. So an HTTP proxy would just

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread mark
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > Hi All, > > My kids love watching the Pink Panther Cartoon via NetFlix Streaming > (via TiVo). They watch the same episodes over and over. Unlike Amazon > On Demand, Netflix videos are not stored on the TiVo. So I was > wondering if a cachin

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Charron
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > Hi All, > My kids love watching the Pink Panther Cartoon via NetFlix Streaming > (via TiVo). They watch the same episodes over and over. Unlike Amazon > On Demand, Netflix videos are not stored on the TiVo. So I was > wondering if a caching

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
There's one linux implementation of Netflix streaming already. You might check into how that works. My kids don't notice generations losses. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 b...@bfccomputing.com Cell: 60

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Charron
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > There's one linux implementation of Netflix streaming already. You > might check into how that works. My kids don't notice generations losses. Where did you get that from? The Roku box actually RUNS Linux, however their application im

(cross posted) Book Review: Google Apps Deciphered

2009-01-26 Thread Lloyd Kvam
== Google Apps Deciphered == What is it about I expected the book to cover the Google App-Engine. However, it is really about the suite of services available from Google through an Apps account. I was dimly aware that Google offers web b

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Charron
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 01/26/2009 01:23 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >> Where did you get that from? > Just read about it in the news last month. Lesseee. here it is: > http://www.boxee.tv/ Yup, and it totally lies. :-D They've incorporated it, and onc

Notes from PySIG , 22-Jan-2009

2009-01-26 Thread Ted Roche
The twenty-second of the month was the fourth Thursday, the usual night for the Python Special Interest Group[1] to meet at the Amoskeag Business Incubator[2] in Manchester. Thirteen attendees made it to the January meeting. As usual, coordinator Bill Sconce had a printed agenda with lots of news

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 01/26/2009 01:23 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >Where did you get that from? Just read about it in the news last month. Lesseee. here it is: http://www.boxee.tv/ -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 b...@bfccompu

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
Thanks for clarifying. On 01/26/2009 01:34 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >Yup, and it totally lies.:-D They've incorporated it, and once > Netflix offers Linux support, they can turn it on. As the moderator > at their support forum pointed out: > > "FOR THE LAST TIME > boxee has never purported

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Thomas Charron
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > Thanks for clarifying. > Just curious, if they're not purporting, how do folks know that it can be > turned on? Same codebase with OSX, where it can be, because it just uses the native client which is available. :-D >> the hacks at slas

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 01/26/2009 04:43 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >No idea, but I know that DirecTV PC clients specifically require > drivers which disallow framegrabbing, etc while the app is running. I > assume anything Netflix uses would do the same. I wonder if this means they'll be restricted to folks runni

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 01/26/2009 04:43 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: >>No idea, but I know that DirecTV PC clients specifically require >> drivers which disallow framegrabbing, etc while the app is running. > > I wonder if this means they'll be restricted to f

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Jeff Macdonald
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > > There's one linux implementation of Netflix streaming already. You might > check into how that works. My kids don't notice generations losses. So this isn't about what platform it runs on (I run boxee on a mac-mini), its about reducing

Re: video streaming and caching proxies

2009-01-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 01/26/2009 07:51 PM, Jeff Macdonald wrote: > So this isn't about what platform it runs on (I run boxee on a > mac-mini), its about reducing my bandwidth usage when the kids play > the same video over and over.:) Agreed, it's just much easier to understand how it works on linux than Windows. I