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> How does this work with a network switch, which usually only sends the
> data to
> the one network device? Can they somehow handle streaming data to more
> than one
> network device?
>
> I've got a home network here, but have never really understood how it
> works.
>

Easily done.. Its called Multicast.. It sends out 1 stream of data to a
network "group". Each machine "listens" on a network "group" ip address and
whatever it send to that group is played. The sending machine only has to
send 1 stream of data which is different if you use normal unicast which
each server sending would have a stream to each client.

Thanks
Craig

GraB wrote:

> One interesting thing I found recently with VLC was it could play an
> AVI file made with a codec I had never heard of, when no other player
> on my PC, including Media Player Classic, could do so. This clip,
> from one of the "Carry On" movies was made with the On2 VP3 codec,
> which I eventually located and installed. VLC played it perfectly
> before I installed the codec.

It's good that way.

Codecs - licensed or not - are just......there.

GraB wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 15:00:05 +1300, steve <>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Used vlc (videolan) today to stream a video from one PC to another - with
>>sound - over my home wlan. It's 802.11b (11mbps), but coped very well and
>>the quality was excellent.
>>
>>Easy to install.....took a couple of secs to work out how to stream - and
>>how to receive.....and then we were away.
>>
>>Very cool.
>>
>
> One interesting thing I found recently with VLC was it could play an
> AVI file made with a codec I had never heard of, when no other player
> on my PC, including Media Player Classic, could do so. This clip,
> from one of the "Carry On" movies was made with the On2 VP3 codec,
> which I eventually located and installed. VLC played it perfectly
> before I installed the codec.

It plays everything other players wont touch, it can even play partially
downloaded files with massive chunks missing, even when the files are
being written to at the same time. However for actually playing movies I
use zoomplayer, it's aspect-ratio-fiddling settings are amazing, if i
set it to 'anamorphic', connect it to my TV via its VGA input, and set
the TV ratio to 16:9, I get a nice widescreen picture that fills the
screen and wastes no resolution.

Craig Whitmore wrote:

>> How does this work with a network switch, which usually only sends the
>> data to
>> the one network device? Can they somehow handle streaming data to more
>> than one
>> network device?
>>
>> I've got a home network here, but have never really understood how it
>> works.
>>
>
> Easily done.. Its called Multicast.. It sends out 1 stream of data to a
> network "group". Each machine "listens" on a network "group" ip address
> and whatever it send to that group is played. The sending machine only has
> to send 1 stream of data which is different if you use normal unicast
> which each server sending would have a stream to each client.
>
> Thanks
> Craig

How does this work?

I see where one can specify the multicast IP address and a group name....and
they say if you want a private address, use 239.255

I see what they are saying.....but I'm still very much in the dark as to
what it MEANS as far as actually configuring the servers and clients.

I haven't read the docs yet.....and know I should....but you have given the
impression you may be able to help me cut to the chase.