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Faster Wireless Multimedia Streaming

Posted by michael on from the wireless-everything dept.

prostoalex writes "The Wi-Fi Alliance approved Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) technology that allows packet prioritisation to the multimedia data streamed wireless LANs. Broadcom already announced that one of their access points and one reference design are WMM-certified. Other news outlets report that WMM will accelerate Wi-Fi adoption in consumer electronics and mobile devices."

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  1. My Mac has video-in. by peteforsyth · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If I can broadcast over WiFi from my Mac, how about this? 1. Plug cable box into Mac. 2. Stream from inputs to entire neighborhood. 3. All neighbors can now watch cable with their new WiFi-enabled TVs. For free. 4. ??? 5. Hey, it's free cable, OK? Of course maybe there's some kind of encryption for DTV stuff, but it seems pretty straightforward for the good old fashioned analog kind of TV.

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    Pete Forsyth
  2. Fsck Broadcom by Iceman_dvd · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Until they won't release Linux drivers or, even better, chipset documentation to code GPL ones, I won't touch Broadcom stuff even with a 10 feet pole.

  3. I th4nk you for you8 time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    a BSD box thaT bureaucratic and go4l here? How can for a living got