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[Cort Buffington <>]

FIXED! using RTP instead of UDP in the MRL fixed it here. Thanks Ben!!!

On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Ben Fineman wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for your feedback thus far. I've had anecdotal experiences  
> where in VLC 9, you have to manually change it from UDP to RTP in  
> the MRL. That is, the MRL that works for me in VLC 9 is rtp://@233.45.17.248 
> :4444
>
> Best,
> Ben
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Cort Buffington wrote:
>
> > I can confirm as well. HD looks great on the final MacOS VLC 8.x  
> > version, really messed up on MacOS VLC 9.x
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Gurcharan S. Khanna wrote:
> >
> > > all,
> > >
> > > following up on the version 8 working better than 9, this is true  
> > > for me also
> > > on a mac and on windows. what's going on? has there been some  
> > > basic setting
> > > changed by default that needs to be changed? does anyones notice  
> > > this?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > -gurcharan
> > >
> > > Dan Oachs wrote:
> > > > Actually it was just me.  Using VLC 9 on a mac, it looked  
> > > > terrible.  Using VLC 8 on the same system, it looks great.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >    Dan Oachs
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dan Oachs wrote:
> > > > > Thanks for the info.  Unfortunately the HD stream is not working  
> > > > > well enough for me to watch it here.  The SD feed looks good  
> > > > > however.  It could be something on our end, but generally we  
> > > > > have been able to get 25 Mbps multicast streams in the past.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >    Dan Oachs
> > > > >    Gustavus Adolphus College
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Ben Fineman wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We're currently sending multicast streams from Internet2/ESCC  
> > > > > > Joint Techs Workshop in College Station, TX. There are three  
> > > > > > multicast streams:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > HD MPEG2 (25 Mbps)
> > > > > > 233.45.17.248:4444
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SD MPEG2 (6 Mbps)
> > > > > > 233.45.17.245:4444
> > > > > >
> > > > > > DVTS (SD) (30 Mbps)
> > > > > > 233.45.17.247:8000
> > > > > >
> > > > > > More info on this event (including unicast streamtypes and  
> > > > > > Adobe Acrobat Connect session information) is available here: <http://jointtechs.es.net/texas2009/ 
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any feedback is appreciated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Ben
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > Cort Buffington
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> >
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> /*-----------------------
> Benjamin J. Fineman
> System Administrator
> Internet2
>
> 1000 Oakbrook Dr., Suite 300
> Ann Arbor, MI 48104
>
>
> <http://www.internet2.edu>
>
> 734.352.4975 (voice)
> 734.417.0811 (mobile)
> 734.913.4255 (fax)
>
> Spring 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting
> April 27-29, Arlington, Virginia
> http://events.internet2.edu/2009/spring-mm/
> -----------------------*/

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Cort Buffington
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The Kansas Research and Education Network

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