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From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp)
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Subject: Multi-Media via Usenet?
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I just had an idea.  There has been a lot of noise about upcoming
multi-media products.  We already distribute graphics images via .gif
and other formats from archive systems.  

Why not distribute live video via Usenet?  It has the perfect
bandwidth-reducing (flooding) algorithm built-in.  Of course, it may
be necessary to increase the bandwidth of the transmission media, but
that does not preclude us from using existing protocols.

The expiration of such a newsgroup may need to be less than one
second.  I do not know what technical hurdles this will entail.

I propose that we set up a test group for this purpose.  In its early
incarnation, it can simply distribute stills at a low rate, e.g. 1 per
day.  It would still be useful to test the idea, and experiment with
software changes to make the protocol work.

This is not a formal newsgroup proposal.  I have yet to read
news.announce.newusers to learn how to do that.

I could not find the ideal newsgroup on which to post this, but for
now address followups to rec.video, or (better) mail to me directly.
I would be interested in hearing any comments regarding the
feasibility or desirability of this scheme.  


david%wubios@wugate.wustl.edu   David J. Camp
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