All things related to multicast

[Marshall Eubanks <>]

John Zwiebel wrote:

> On 8/7/02 9:43 AM, "Alan Crosswell" 
> <>
>  wrote:
>
>
> > A WWW-based guide is UNICAST.  Bah!
> > /a
>
> But it provides the information quickly so receives
>  know which source to join to.  Why multicast information
>  about millions of sources using up network BW when that
>  same info can be stored on a disk and retrieved in just
>  a few seconds?
>
> FWIW, it "sounds like" you think the SDR/SAP application
>  is a "good thing". I believe it is very, very broken.
>  (And I do mean the application not the protocols)
>
> Look at how the IP/TV content manager works.  You get the
>  info you need, when you need it because you specifically
>  ask for it.  No waiting for an SDR packet to "finally"
>  show up.


And is there a published and available protocol describing how this works ?



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