On Sep 20, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: > Nathanial Freitas wrote: > >> I think BitTorrent holds a lot of promise, as well, but as the name >> implies, its really only useful when many people download the same >> clip >> at the same time. If any videoblog should benefit from torrents, it >> would be Rocketboom, since it has a regular "release" schedule and a >> large, loyal following. Maybe Andrew can chime on how their >> adoption of >> torrents has gone? >> >> The other issue I see with it, is that for BitTorrent to really work, >> and for there to be a large number of "seeders" instead of just >> "leechers", each client needs to have an open port in their firewall, >> which in most situations still requires a manual configuration of a >> firewall or router. Most people using BitTorrent today are early >> adopter >> geeks, who don't have an issue with this, but your average user is >> a bit >> more of a challenge. Hopefully methods for automatically configuring >> open firewall ports and/or means for establishing "seeder" >> participation >> without an inbound connection, will mature and standardize into the >> BitTorrent protocol and codebase. >> > > Here's an idea... If you had something like Rocketboom to distribute > (meaning large audience, regular schedule) you could release the > torrents say X number of hours earlier that a straight file download. > People who are techie enough to set up BitTorrent clients could then > schedule them to download at release time and be rewarded by > getting the > content first. Those unable to use BitTorrent would still get it, just > sightly later, and if they wanted it sooner, they could go through the > trouble of figuring out BitTorrent... > > Just a thought...
This is actually exactly how we are building the subscription model. People who use torrents will also get a 640x480, 2megabit file. Others will be encouraged to use torrents to get content earlier at reg. free size. The only thing that is really holding us back now is that app. Azurus is the closest I can find to do the trick. Its so ideal for us because we have a consistent release time that we can maintain, everyday. > > Pete > > -- > http://tinkernet.org/ > videoblog for the future... > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
