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List:       free-expression
Subject:    Re: Mec4 streaming video server (GPL)
From:       Lynn Winebarger <owinebar () free-expression ! org>
Date:       2000-01-21 0:46:06
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 seanl@literati.org wrote:

> TCP is at least preferable to UDP without flow control.  I haven't looked
> at their protocol yet, so I don't know if it uses flow control.  So maybe
> someone on a modem can try requesting an MPEG stream at 1 megabit and flood
> their ISP's gateway like they used to be able to do with RealAudio streams
> (AIRC).
> 
    Yeah, I was wondering why there would be interest in an MPEG-1 stream
except in high-bandwidth situations (on an intranet maybe).

Lynn

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