[streaming] Re: multicasting to non vlc

[Jorge Boscán Etura]

El vie, 05-03-2004 a las 17:19, Ross Finlayson escribió:
> >the problem I see is that "client users" won't download & compile test
> >programs, they just want click'n open with wm, quicktime o whatever
> >mainstream player, that is what i need something easy for the users.
> 
> Well, QuickTime Player supports open standard streaming protocols 
> (including multicast streams), so your clients can use that.  (It's even 
> possible to embed QuickTime Player in a browser window.)
> 
> There's also VLC, which is available in pre-built binary form (so, users 
> don't need to compile anything).
> 
> However, unless you want to lock yourself into a Microsoft-only solution, 
> you can forget about using Windows Media Player, because that's not 
> standards compliant.
> 
> (But, as others have noted, the biggest issue that you face is making sure 
> that your clients are able to receive multicast packets from the sender.)
> 
> 
> 	Ross Finlayson
> 	LIVE.COM
> 	<http://www.live.com/>

i forgot to mention that i have 2 nics

eth0:192.168.166.17
eth1:193.173.234.17

gracias..

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