recommendations for large VoD situations

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recommendations for large VoD situations

Postby El_Gusano » 26 Oct 2006 18:26

Hi, I'm using VLC as a network streamer. I've collected some content and have tested streaming but my network is getting way too much traffic. Some videos halt and other network requests (such as http) take a long time or sometimes do not reach their destination. The problem might be network design, stream type or video bitrate. I don't think I can upgrade my network yet, so I'll focus on the other two. I know a multicast is more efficient than several unicasts, but how does one use multicast in a VoD situation? Video bitrate might also be too high on the content I've collected. I'm not too familiar with this topic but I believe all videos get a minimum, average and maximum bitrate setting when they are encoded. Can anyone recommend values for encoding settings for several VoD streams (how do large digital signage solutions work) ?

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Postby The DJ » 26 Oct 2006 21:17

There is no point in multicasting for VoD. The content is on Demand, and as such by defintion each person requesting the movie will get a seperate instance of the stream. Multicast is only usefule in broadcast or simulcast.
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Re: recommendations for large VoD situations

Postby ragu_ganiger » 09 Sep 2008 08:47

Hi ,


What is the maximum number of users who can connect to a VOD and request for a movie in VLC ?



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Re: recommendations for large VoD situations

Postby dionoea » 09 Sep 2008 13:52

Please don't triple post (or I will suspend your account).
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