All things related to multicast

[Greg Shepherd <>]

ALL,

Looking for an I2 connected, multicast enabled campus in the DC Metro
area. 

Thanks,
Greg

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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:22:31 -0400
From: Greg Wood 
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To: 

Cc: Greg Shepherd 
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     Guy Almes 
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 Kevin C. Almeroth 
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Subject: RE: FW: Multicast News Item

Lucy,
Just left you a voicemail about some press interest in the netcast. I'd like
to set something up for a few folks in town so they can view it. do you have
a pointer to anyone in the DC metro area (Univ. MD, Georgetown, Geo. Wash
Univ, George Mason) who might have viewable on their campus?

Also, have distributed on the newswires, including university newswire?  I'm
sure this would be of huge interest to them and I'd be happy to provide help
get the word out about this.

Give me a shout whenever you get this message--I'd love to help get the word
out about this--703-625-3917.  I will be on  a plane from 8:30 pm to 10:30
pm ET (5:30-7:30 PT) today, but please feel free to call me up til midnight
ET (9pm ET) about this.

-Greg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Shepherd 
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> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:24 PM
> To: Greg Wood
> Subject: Re: FW: Multicast News Item
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> Yep, and more to come...
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> Greg
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> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Greg Wood wrote:
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> > Greg,
> > I sense your hand here. This is very, very cool.
> > -Greg
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lucy E. Lynch 
> > [mailto:]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:27 PM
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> > Subject: Multicast News Item
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> > Gentlemen -
> >
> > Would you be kind enough to post the following news item to
> > i2-news, i2-apps, and wg-multicast?
> >
> > Many Thanks.
> >
> > University Of Oregon To 'Multicast' Prefontaine Classic
> >
> > GO ONLINE FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE PREFONTAINE CLASSIC
> >
> > While television viewers will be able to watch only one hour of the June
> > 24 Prefontaine Classic, Internet viewers will be able to see the entire
> > competition, and those servered by multicast capable networks
> can get full
> > broadcast quality.
> >
> > The University of Oregon Computing Center will will team up with Cisco
> > Systems to make the event available at full broadcast quality over the
> > Internet2 network.  Internet2 is a collaborative project among
> > universities, government and industry partners to develop advanced
> > Internet applications that are not viable using today's Internet
> > technology.
> >
> > "In Oregon, institutions with Internet2 access include UO, OSU,
> PSU, EOU,
> > SOU, OIT and WOU," says Joanne Hugi (director of the University
> Computing
> > Center).  "Individuals with direct access to these
> institutions' networks
> > and the right hardware and software will see the entire event at full
> > broadcast quality."  The UO will multicast ABC-TV's video and audio feed
> > at true broadcast quality from the crack of the first starter's
> pistol to
> > the final crossing of a finish line, using what's called MPEG2
> technology.
> > This technology takes advantage of the expanded broadband
> capabilities of
> > the Internet2.  UO Computing Center staff will broadcast the Prefontaine
> > Classic, through the Oregon GigaPoP, the state's access point to the
> > powerful fiber-optic network linking all Internet2 participants.  UO has
> > operated the Oregon GigaPoP since January 1999.  "With this
> multicast and
> > many other projects we are trying to extend the usefulness of
> the world's
> > increasingly powerful computer networking capabilities," Hugi says.  "It
> > is a big effort and in this case the UO Computing Center is working
> > closely with Cisco Systems and Nike to make this multicast
> possible."  For
> > those who don't have the computing power to receive the hefty MPEG-2
> > stream of information, but who nonetheless have direct access to
> > Internet2, UO Computing will also be sending out lower bandwidth, "near
> > broadcast quality" MPEG-1 and H.261 streams.
> >
> > Downloadable software and instructions for how to access the streaming
> > multicast of the Prefontaine Classic is available at
> > http://videolab.uoregon.edu/.
> >
> > Modem users with regular Internet access can watch a still lower-quality
> > version of the track and field events in RealMedia format, accessible at
> > http://www.nike.com/pre/.  "Right now seeing a track meet in
> MPEG-2 format
> > is a fairly advanced use of networked computing, but things are moving
> > forward so fast.  In a few years we expect this sort of
> opportunity to be
> > nothing out of the ordinary" Hugi says.
> >
> > Web References:
> >
> > http://videolab.uoregon.edu/
> > http://nike.com/pre/
> > http://preclassic.com/
> >
> >
> > Lucy E. Lynch                               Academic User Services
> > Computing Center                    University of Oregon
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