Video Streaming Goes Peer-to-Peer

CMU ESM Project writes "Our research group at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a peer to peer streaming video content distribution system called End System Multicast (ESM). The system constructs a self-organizing and adaptive overlay network using the receivers that are tuning into the broadcast events. The system has been used fairly successfully for quite a few events. Now we want test the system with a lot of more users and different user join patterns. We are streaming some very cool video, such as Triumph of the Nerds by Bob Cringely, distinguished lecture by Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, ACM SIGCOMM conference paper presentation by Dave Clark, and 2002 Sony Legged Robot Soccer Championship. Here is the detailed schedule. So please tune in, enjoy, and help test our system!" The streaming is based on QuickTime; for Linux users, the project page steps through installation of CodeWeaver's CrossOver plug-in.

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Um yeah, there'll be mass-market demand...

[Anonvmous Coward]

"We are streaming some very cool video, such as Triumph of the Nerds by Bob Cringely, distinguished lecture by Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, ACM SIGCOMM conference paper presentation by Dave Clark, and 2002 Sony Legged Robot Soccer Championship."

We want ... PORN!

MPAA raid!

[dex22]

In a shock move, the MPAA closed several University research departments this afternoon, in a series of commando-style raids.

"It's tantamount to theft" said Hilarity Rosen. "People sharing video and film clips like this without paying? It's immoral, unjust and illegal! Luckily, we caught the equivalent of 7,562 illegal viewers. (Well, we caught 17, but they all had VERY fast connections!)

In other news, Microsoft tommorow will announce a new DSigital Rights system for P2P video, called "PayNow!"

"We are streaming some very cool video"

[tmark]

I'd be hard-pressed to call what they were streaming "cool". If they wanted cool, they should have been streaming video out cams hidden in the ventilation registers of good-looking coed's dorm rooms. Oh wait, I forgot, they're at Carnegie Mellon.

Which reminds me of an old, old joke: Nine out of ten girls in California are good-looking. The other one goes to Stanford.

Oxymoron

[mocm]

Isn't peer to peer multicast kind of an oxymoron.

Interesting ...

[SuperDuG]

Problem MPAA and RIAA have far too much free bandwidth and DoS attacks are now the new "internet attack" preference.

Step 1. Release story on highly visited website that will cause geeks to download before even realizing the trojan horse they have installed.

Step 2. Get geeks to keep player on by telling them they will help the greater good of p2p video streaming.

Step 3. When over 20,000 active nodes are on system begin largest DoS attack ever on MPAA and RIAA that will strike fear into the masses.

Step 4. Profit^H^H^H^H^H^H Post story on slashdot about how slashdot users defeated the evil of the internet without even knowing it.

It may seem highly unlikely, but shouldn't these freekin college kids be studying for finals??? Anyone else think this is an "odd" type of program??

I could be wrong and I probably am, but it's a hypothetical that could be very true ...