All things related to multicast

[Dan Oachs <>]

I know we have discussed the issues surrounding SAP and the difficulty 
in discovering content a couple of times on this list in the past.  I 
also think it would be a good idea to find more ways to talk about it.  
If it can fit in the next meeting that would be great.  I think Hitoshi 
Asaeda was also working on a Channel Reflector that could help and has 
presented on it a couple of times.

Here at Gustavus our solution so far has been to create a website that 
is as automated as possible.  On the first page ( 
https://gustv.gac.edu/tv.php ) it lists the channels we have found where 
we can easily get guide data.  It was a lot more interesting when we had 
all of the international channels in the past before they went away.  If 
you are on our campus you can log in and see all of our local channels 
as well.  When we have special events, sports, etc. we list them there 
on a new channel.  On the second tab we list all of the channels that I 
have been able to find that I can't easily get guide data for.  The SAP 
Channels page automatically updates its self based on what SAP 
announcements we can see.  Finally we also list some of our special 
events on the Events tab.

If the internet2 DV Guide is no longer being maintained, I could try to 
add its functionality to our system.

I also recently discovered this site: 
http://www.namex.it/multicast/index.php?sec=exp&page=channels  They have 
a page similar to our SAP page but took it a step further and added 
recent screen captures of all the channels they can tune in to.

   Thanks,
      Dan Oachs

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