Comments on: The Day Live Web Video Streaming Failed Us

By: Adam Cox

Adam Cox — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:12:13 +0000

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By: Adam Cox

Adam Cox — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:07:28 +0000

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Adam Cox — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:01:49 +0000

Ya. Pffft! Internet! It’ll pass with time, eh, Sandra?

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By: Jakob Peterhänsel

Jakob Peterhänsel — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:14:08 +0000

It’s quite simple why they fail: They use Unicast!

If the ISP’s and providers would agree to enable Multicast as it’s suposed to be, this would never become problem, unless we get 20 million Stations – and we might even still be able to support that!

Multicast has been final for 30 years – but nobody does it right.. not many, at least!

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:01:12 +0000

[...] Streams gleichzeitig ausgeliefert. Zwar stoss der CNN-Server damit technisch auch vorerst an die Grenzen seiner Möglichkeiten – gleichzeitig gab es aber auch einen Vorgeschmack auf die Zukunft des [...]

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Livestreaming: Die Tücken der Skalierbarkeit — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:12:17 +0000

[...] diesem Tag 21.3 Millionen Live-Streams, davon zu Peak-Zeiten 1,3 Millionen simultan. Wie TechCrunch berichtete, war CNN.com aber zeitweise nicht in der Lage alle Besucher mit Livestreams zu versorgen. Statt [...]

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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:51:20 +0000

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By: TM

TM — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:06:01 +0000

Television worked great for me

By: Andew

Andew — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:46:54 +0000

The BBC stream did not work. It kept kicking me out and saying to come back later.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:12:29 +0000

Actually I used CNN and Facebook: it took sometime to start but then it worken perfectly.
My experience mixing live event and live comments with my circle of friends is one of the things to remember on the Net.

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The Day Live Web Video Streaming Failed Us « — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:53:12 +0000

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By: Kawika Holbrook

Kawika Holbrook — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:12:11 +0000

iStreamPlanet (http://www.istreamplanet.com) managed the webcast process for the Presidential Inauguration Committee with Microsoft using Silverlight, FWIW. iStreamPlanet chose the features, integrated the player on the pic2009.org site, digitized the video onsite and off satellites, and ultimately delivered the feed. We had a half dozen people watching the feed in our office, and were grateful to see the event without hiccups.

By: Christopher Scott Knell

Christopher Scott Knell — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:01:58 +0000

I had absolutely no problems streaming video to my Mac or PC where I was able to stream CNN.com (where I used the Facebook Interface and shared my experiences with all my “Friends”.)
I was also able to stream to my iPhone using the UStream.tv app that was approved by Apple and released only hours before the Inauguration.
Other streaming options I was able to connect to included some p2p streams of MSNBC and Fox News (the URLs of which which I will not name here) that were most likely not ‘approved’ sources.
I didn’t miss one second of coverage. Not one.
I have a DSL broadband connection from AT&T for which I pay an extra $5 per month so I can get the 1.6MB transfer rate. (Total cost for my DSL connection is about $19 per month because I have a land line as well)
The UStream feed, which required the use of my in-house WiFi signal, stuttered and lagged a bit but I’m sure that was due to the amount of users all trying out the new app for the first time. Streaming on the iPhone today (Thursday the 22nd) is much smoother.
So…I couldn’t be happier with the way it all worked out. Especially sharing the day with my Facebook friends as we all watched together.
Well…. maybe if I had a Panasonic 103″ Plasma and HD cable. But then…….. wouldn’t we all?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:24:58 +0000

Have you heard of NiFTy TV (niftytv.com)? It is a streaming technology using all the benefits of P2P (reduced bandwidth load on the main server) but without the drawbacks (super-noding, saving data on endusers computers). This is the future of live internet broadcasts!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:50:24 +0000

I tried 4 different sites and couldn’t get in to any of them. CNN said I was in the queue but then when it finally tried letting me in (after a few minutes) it failed.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:11:34 +0000

The CNN p2p streaming application would have worked better for many people if it wasn’t so stupid.

p2p works a lot better if you take network topology into account. We have a nice fast gigabit lan here on a /16, yet hundreds people were all receiving a stream of the same video. If instead of randomly choosing peers, it bothered to find local ones, the load on the (relatively small) internet connection would have been much lower.

And yes, multicast makes all of this a non-issue.

By: Sierra Mike

Sierra Mike — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:07:18 +0000

The BBC have experimental multicast streams. Unfortunately on my campus the web streams maxed out the bandwidth so the multicast was poor as well.

By: Sam Vasisht

Sam Vasisht — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:27:54 +0000

Actually, while on CNN.com, it prompted me to install the Octoshape plug in somewhere in the course of streaming. This is a P2P plugin, and the streaming was fine throughout the broadcast. I suspect, P2P was used where there was enough user density to allow it. The only downside was that the CNN.com stream was lagging 1 minute behind the TV broadcast (probably as a result of P2P). Fox was 2-3 seconds behnd TV broadcast and ABC.com about 10 seconds behind.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:58:16 +0000

I watched the CNN feed the entire time, and I didn’t have an issue…. maybe that’s because I didn’t install the p2p plugin (octo-something)

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:07:17 +0000

Watched on livestation and it was perfect!

By: Barack Obama Inauguration Speech at Axel Schmiegelow

Barack Obama Inauguration Speech at Axel Schmiegelow — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:16:35 +0000

[...] TecCrunch has commented on how live video failed us during the inauguration speech of Barak Obama as 44th president of the United States, arguing that live video streams will need much further investment before it can seriously compete with Television. While I agree that the technology still needs much improvement, the fact that millions of concurrent users brought the servers down clearly shows the tremendous potential of live streaming, a point I’m sure TechCrunch certainly does not disagree with. So, we are slowly getting there. [...]

By: Torsten Curdt

Torsten Curdt — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:35:24 +0000

Watched it on joost. Worked perfectly and had good quality. Was surprised in a very positive way.