Well we can use tools like Helix that combine Multicast, Real and Windows
Media, I believe, into a single platform, so any kind of client can access it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ole Jacobsen" <ole(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb(_at_)research(_dot_)att(_dot_)com>
Cc: "JORDI PALET MARTINEZ" <jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es>;
<ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: MBONE access?
Actually, the use of Windows Media Player is quite rare for the events I
am talking about, Real is probably used in 90% of them, I only mentioned
the other one because it does appear from time to time. Note that Real
Player is available for multiple platforms for free, and so is Windows
Media Player, I have one for the Mac for example.
Ole
Ole J. Jacobsen
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
In message
<Pine(_dot_)HPX(_dot_)4(_dot_)58(_dot_)0403031823180(_dot_)17556(_at_)wells(_dot_)cisco(_dot_)com>,
Ole Jacobsen wr
ites:
<begin naive question>
Apart from the "eating our own dogfood" bit ...
Most other Internet events I attend, or follow remotely, use Real
audio/video, or sometimes Windows Media Player.
Can anyone tell me if there are any TECHNICAL reasons why we can't
do this for the IETF meetings?
Does Windows Media Player run on a high-enough percentage of IETFers
machines? The incidence of Windows here is considerably lower than in
the population as a whole. Note that this is a technical reason: it
doesn't support our user base.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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