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P2PTV
P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer (P2P) software applications designed to redistribute video streams in real time on a P2P network; the distributed video streams are typically TV channels from all over the world but may also come from other sources. The draw to these applications is significant because they have the potential to make any TV channel globally available by any individual feeding the stream into the network where each peer joining to watch the video is a relay to other peer viewers, allowing a scalable distribution among a large audience with no incremental cost for the source. Technology and use In a P2PTV system, each user, while downloading a video stream, is simultaneously also uploading that stream to other users, thus contributing to the overall available bandwidth. The arriving streams are typically a few minutes time-delayed compared to the original sources. The video quality of the channels usually depends on how many users are watching; the video quality is bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P2ptv
P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer (P2P) software applications designed to redistribute video streams in real time on a P2P network; the distributed video streams are typically TV channels from all over the world but may also come from other sources. The draw to these applications is significant because they have the potential to make any TV channel globally available by any individual feeding the stream into the network where each peer joining to watch the video is a relay to other peer viewers, allowing a scalable distribution among a large audience with no incremental cost for the source. Technology and use In a P2PTV system, each user, while downloading a video stream, is simultaneously also uploading that stream to other users, thus contributing to the overall available bandwidth. The arriving streams are typically a few minutes time-delayed compared to the original sources. The video quality of the channels usually depends on how many users are watching; the video quality is bette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PULSE (P2PTV)
PULSE is a P2PTV application developed by the European FP7 NAPA-WINE (Network-Aware P2P-TV Application over Wise Networks) research consortium. PULSE stands for ''Peer-to-Peer Unstructured Live Streaming Experiment'' and is a peer-to-peer live streaming system designed to operate in scenarios where the bandwidth resources of nodes can be highly heterogeneous and variable over time, as is the case for the Internet. History The principles and basic algorithms of PULSE were proposed by Fabio Pianese. The prototype was developed by Diego Perino and released with a LGPL Software License. The development has been taken over by the NAPA-WINE consortium in 2008, and version 0.2.2 can be downloaded via anonymous svn from the NAPA-WINE website. P2PMyLive In 2009, PULSE introduced P2PMyLive, where content providers can announce their streaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zattoo
Zattoo is a TV platform for IP-based transmission of television channels and video on demand content to a variety of devices. The company headquarters are located in Zurich and it has an additional office in Berlin. Zattoo is operational in two business areas - in addition to its own B2C TV streaming operations aimed at end customers in countries such as Germany and Switzerland, Zattoo has a B2B offering and works with telecommunication companies worldwide. Portfolio Zattoo B2C With roughly 20 million registered users, Zattoo is the biggest TV-streaming provider in Europe. Live TV and on-demand content can be watched via Zattoo on computers and smartphones ( iPhone, Android, Windows 10) and on tablets (iPad, Android, Windows 10). Zattoo also offers TV applications for televisions with integrated internet connectivity such as the Samsung Smart TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV, and also supports streaming via Apple AirPlay and Chromecast. The range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QQLive
QQlive is a live streaming video freeware created by Tencent, which takes advantages of advanced P2P streaming media technology to ensure that the platform can keep up with traffic. It attracts 3,000,000 visitors per day. Introduction QQLive provides two modes to view that the user can select, community mode and player mode. Community mode integrates chatroom and forum, which can offer users a platform to discuss the program they are viewing and socialize. Player mode only offers video watching functionality. QQLive was also released for iPhone, Android Phone and iPad. QQLive for iPhone was released in 2011. Its newest version 3.7 has reached the first place in the free app charts of China Apple Store. Requirements * CPU frequency of operation: PIII 800M * Internal memory: 128M * Windows 98 or later (Win2k/XP/Vista/Win7) is required. * Support for Windows Media Player 9 or later. * Be compatible with DirectX 8.0 or above. 800*600 and 1024*768 resolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content itself. Distinguishing delivery method from the media applies specifically to telecommunications networks, as most of the traditional media delivery systems are either inherently ''streaming'' (e.g. radio, television) or inherently ''non-streaming'' (e.g. books, videotape, audio CDs). There are challenges with streaming content on the Internet. For example, users whose Internet connection lacks sufficient bandwidth may experience stops, lags, or poor buffering of the content, and users lacking compatible hardware or software systems may be unable to stream certain content. With the use of buffering of the content for just a few seconds in advance of playback, the quality can be much improved. Livestreaming is the real-time delivery of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes. Peers make a portion of their resources, such as processing power, disk storage or network bandwidth, directly available to other network participants, without the need for central coordination by servers or stable hosts. Peers are both suppliers and consumers of resources, in contrast to the traditional client–server model in which the consumption and supply of resources are divided. While P2P systems had previously been used in many application domains, the architecture was popularized by the file sharing system Napster, originally released in 1999. The concept has inspired new structures and philosophies in many areas of human interaction. In such social contexts, peer-to-peer as a meme refers to the egalitarian so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alluvium (peercasting)
Alluvium is open source peercasting software developed by thFoundation for Decentralization Research first released in 2003. It comprises three components, ''Core'', ''Media Player'', and ''Server''. Alluvium allows video and audio programming to be broadcast over the Internet using swarming technology. It is powered by Onion Networks' Swarmcast, and is notable for its incorporation of server-side time-based playlists, and client software which examines those playlists and begins streaming content from the server(and available peers) per that schedule, simplifying the creation of continuous-broadcast video and audio. Technical overview Alluvium is a technology for low-cost streaming media broadcasts. It differs in method from server-to-client streaming servers such as icecast, Real Server, and QuickTime Streaming Server. It requires only a standard web server and client software. No additional modules or CGI scripts are required for its operation. Requirements Web Server The web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miro (software)
Miro (formerly named Democracy Player or DTV) was an audio, video player and Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation. It runs on Microsoft Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and Linux and supports most known video file formats. It offers both audio and video, some in HD quality. The Participatory Culture Foundation no longer develops Miro. The last version (6.0) was released in 2013 and is no longer functioning correctly because of changes to the YouTube API. Miro is free software, released under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later. Features Miro can automatically download videos from RSS-based "channels", manage them and play them. The application is designed to mesh with other Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) products such as Video Bomb, a social tagging video website, and the Channel Channel, a TV guide for Internet television. Miro integrates an RSS news aggregator and podcatcher, a BitTorrent client (based on libtorrent), and a media pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funshion
Funshion is a Chinese peer-to-peer streaming video network software and website. Target users are on the Chinese mainland. The vast majority of content is from East Asia, mostly Mainland China, Japan, Korea. Company Funshion Online was founded on September 28, 2005, and is headquartered in Beijing, China. The company is partnering with SMG's BesTV. Applications It provides TV programs and movies on demand stably and smoothly to broadband users. Funshion uses peer-to-peer streaming technology and supports high-volume traffic. There are 290 000 000 registered users, 60,000,000 daily users. See also *PPLive *QQLive QQlive is a live streaming video freeware created by Tencent, which takes advantages of advanced P2P streaming media technology to ensure that the platform can keep up with traffic. It attracts 3,000,000 visitors per day. ... External linksOfficial site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afreeca
AfreecaTV ( ko, 아프리카TV, short for "Any FREE broadCAsting") () is a P2P technology-based video streaming service. It is now owned and operated by AfreecaTV Co., Ltd. in South Korea after Nowcom's AfreecaTV Co., Ltd and ZettaMedia split in 2011. As of July, 2019 AfreecaTV was listed 4th in the "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion" list by Forbes. History AfreecaTV initially started as a W beta service on May 11, 2005, and was officially named "AFREECA” on March 9, 2006. The site mainly re-transmits TV channels but also allows users to upload their own videos and shows. Functions such as broadcasting, viewing, channel listing, live chatting, and discussion boards are provided. Users are required to install 'Afreeca Player' for grid delivery. Independent broadcasters called broadcasting jockeys (BJs) deliver live broadcasts to viewers, who can add them to their list of favorite channels using an Afreeca Player tool. Some channels have tens of thousands of viewers at any given t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribler
Tribler is an open source decentralized BitTorrent client which allows anonymous peer-to-peer by default. Tribler is based on the BitTorrent protocol and uses an overlay network for content searching. Due to this overlay network, Tribler does not require an external website or indexing service to discover content. The user interface of Tribler is very basic and focused on ease of use instead of diversity of features. Tribler is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X. Tribler has run trials for a video streamer known as SwarmPlayer. History The name Tribler stems from the word ''tribe'', referring to the usage of social networks in this P2P client. The first version of Tribler was an enhancement of ''ABC'' aka ''Yet Another BitTorrent Client''. In 2009, the development team behind Tribler stated that their efforts for the coming years were focused on the integration of Tribler with television hardware. In 2014, with the release of version 6.3.1, a custom built-in onion routi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
