All things related to multicast

[Pekka Savola <>]

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Michael Knight wrote:
> I see the SAP announcements on vlc .... but still no video

It seems there is a multicast forwarding issue in our upstream in 
NORDUnet.  There was maintenance work yesterday that resulted in an 
atypical path.  I'll report this there but this should be fixed next 
morning the latest.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pekka Savola 
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> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 3:03 PM
> To: Randy Winchester
> Cc: Sami Andberg; Internet2 Multicast Working Group; Rese arch Working Group 
> Channel
> Subject: Re: AssemblyTV HD starts in an hour
>
> The syntax was missing '@', I wonder if this would work better?
>
> udp://@233.6.205.96:2000
>
> On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Randy Winchester wrote:
> > Still not seeing it in Cambridge, MA.
> >
> > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 13:08 -0400, Sami Andberg wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry, my bad - wrong port. It should be:
> > > udp://233.6.205.96:2000
> > >
> > > I hope it works better!
> > >
> > > BR, Sami (via mobile)
> > >
> > > --- alkuperäinen viesti ---
> > > Lähettäjä: "Randy Winchester" 
> > > <>
> > > Aihe: Re: AssemblyTV HD starts in an hour
> > > Päivämäärä: 6. elokuuta 2009
> > > Aika: 18:06:37
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Sami,
> > >
> > > I don't seem to be getting anything in Cambridge, MA.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 04:08 -0400, Sami Andberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Funet and AssemblyTV are piloting HD transmissions by multicasting the 18th 
> > > > Assembly event on udp://233.6.205.96:1234 (SAP: AssemblyTV HD). The broadcast 
> > > > is live from 5am Thursday 6th to 8am Sunday 9th EDT.
> > > >
> > > > Assembly.org: "ASSEMBLY is a four day computer festival, in which thousands of 
> > > > people and their computers spend the long weekend by meeting friends, playing games, 
> > > > surfing on the net, talking on IRC and enjoying the great productions from the 
> > > > demoscene."
> > > >
> > > > AssemblyTV broadcasts live coverage of the event, including many artistic 
> > > > competitions; see schedule (showtimes UTC+3, ie. 7 hours ahead of EDT):
> > > > http://www.assemblytv.net/schedules?lang=en
> > > > Like the arrangements for the whole event, the television coverage is also 
> > > > mainly made by volunteers and students.
> > > >
> > > > More on Assembly:
> > > > http://www.assembly.org/summer09/assembly?set_language=en
> > > > More on Funet-Antenna (IPTV for Finnish Academia):
> > > > http://www.csc.fi/english/institutions/funet/videotechnology/Funet_A
> > > > ntenna
> > > >
> > > > The broadcast is partly in English and partly in Finnish. Some live content 
> > > > is filmed in SD.
> > > >
> > > > I would be happy to hear any comments on the stream - availability and 
> > > > quality.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Sami
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sami Andberg
> > > > Data Communications Specialist - Funet - Video Technology
> > > >
> > > > CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.
> > > > P.O. BOX 405, FI-02101 Espoo, Finland
> > > > +358 50 381 9042, 
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Randy Winchester
> > > Team Leader, MIT Cable Television, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable
> > > Information Services and Technology MIT 9-050, 77 Massachusetts
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> >
> > Randy Winchester
> > Team Leader, MIT Cable Television, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable
> > Information Services and Technology MIT 9-050, 77 Massachusetts
> > Avenue, Cambridge, MA  02139
> > Office: 617-253-7431, Fax: 617-253-8000