Re: [httpstreaming] Current Status and Our Goal

"Ali C. Begen (abegen)" <abegen@cisco.com> Sun, 10 October 2010 10:08 UTC

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From: "Ali C. Begen (abegen)" <abegen@cisco.com>
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But then that is not a proxy anymore. You probably do not wanna replace all those proxies or introduce new ones with heavier tasks.  

-acbegen

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From: Wenbo Zhu [mailto:wenboz@google.com]
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To: Ali C. Begen (abegen)
Cc: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com>om>; Colin Perkins <csp@csperkins.org>rg>; httpstreaming@ietf.org <httpstreaming@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [httpstreaming] Current Status and Our Goal

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Ali C. Begen (abegen)
<abegen@cisco.com> wrote:
>> > Wanna give a specific example for "intermediaries"? I think you are referring to something besides the http caches.
>> proxies.
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> What should a proxy support for streaming?
Proxies don't know anything about streaming, and they only understand
HTTP. If the goal is to optimize the transport, then clearly defined
protocol semantics would be necessary for proxies to distinguish
streaming traffic from regular HTTP traffic.

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>> >> to offer direct support for streaming traffic, and different client
>> >> platforms will also be able to improve end-user experience
>> >> independently of vendor or media-protocol specific solutions.
>> >
>> > Sure but is not that all client implementation, which is mostly left for product differentiation?
>> I am interested to find out whether existing implementations (that
>> have successfully deployed HTTP-based streaming over internet) expose
>> streaming resource via open protocols or API's?
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> There are source codes floating around (with different licenses of course). Have you looked at OSMF and OVP?
> http://openvideoplayer.sourceforge.net/
> http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/osmf/Open+Source+Media+Framework
Thanks for the info.

- Wenbo

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