September 2003 - ripecast - mailman.ripe.net

re-encoding ?
by Boudewijn Visser 25 Sep '03

25 Sep '03

Hi Bruce, I just checked, but it seems none of the monday-wednesday sessions have been re-encoded yet with a codec that mplayer supports. Any idea when you'll be able to do that ? Thanks, regards, Boudewijn

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webcasting host webcast-rm.ripe.net
by Anton V. Petrov 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi, host webcast-rm.ripe.net seems to be down for a long time. Is there any alternate broadcasting of RIPE meetings? Regards, ------------------------- Anton V. Petrov ZAO Samara Telecom tel: +7 8462 704070 fax: +7 8462 704122 e-mail: apetrov(a)smrtlc.ru -------------------------

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problems with one archived session
by m.ermert＠gmx.de 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Hi, there seems to be a problem with the archived webcast of NCC Services 2 (Thursday Morning 11-12.30). While other sessions are accessible without problems this one is not: mms://webcast.ripe.net/ripe46/services-2.wmv Thank you very much for checking and the offering of the webcasts in general, Monika PS. Live Webcast varied much in quality, sometimes connecting from my place, T-DSL line in Southern Germany, was nearly impossible, because of regular new buffering. Audiocast was completely unavailable yesterday evening and this morning (because of "to many sessions"). -- Monika Ermert Freelance Journalist Stauffenbergstrasse 54/1 D-72074 Tuebingen Fon +49 (0)7071 256703/256704 m.ermert(a)gmx.de

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webcast codecs
by Chris Fletcher 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Thanks for the web cast - I didn't use it much - but did get my Linux box to display it with the old codecs - well done! The fun and games with the codecs for the live broadcast made me think about the format for the archives. The problem of data formats and long term archive is well known. Data has been lost due to lack of equipment to read the media. The problem with lack of code or specification to parse data probably hasn't hit yet but is becoming more likely with more and more proprietary standards that need a specific piece of code to read it. RIPE meeting archives are likely to be around for a long time. To make sure future generations can still view them I suggest the webcast archives are encoded in a well know publicly specified codec like MPEG rather than a transitory proprietary standard like the ones we had problems to support even today. I suspect that I will be able to find an MPEG decoder in 10 years time more easily than one for the codecs that were used for live broadcast. Using the latest codec-du-jour for the live broadcast is not a problem, the important point there is to get as much quality for your bits in a codec that is available on the current popular platforms, it's just the long term archives that need to be in an open standard. Chris. PS I've confused the various terms open, closed and proprietary etc. The important points for archiving are that they are well known, widely implemented and well documented so that in 10 years we can find or build an application that understands them.

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codec version on webarchive site/when recode ?
by Boudewijn Visser 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Hello Bruce & other ripecast people, Thanks for finding a codec that works on Linux for thursday and later. (actually, I think it was already on wednesday or perhaps thursday morning that the audio-only session already worked, while the video session didn't. Was that your trial setup of the other codec, or a different setup from the start ? ) I'd appreciate it if you could update the archive website to include information on which codec was used for which session. It would save futile downloading of earlier sessions made with the non-supported codec. Also, any idea when you'll be able to re-encode the earlier sessions, as mentioned in Mally McLane's mail to the list ? Thanks, regards, Boudewijn Visser

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Dream agency webcast?
by Eugenio Pierno 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Hi, there is a link to videolan (www.videolan.org) on http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-46/webcast.html pointing to www.vlc.org, a "dream vacation agency" offering everything but the opensource software to watch video streams.. :-) I guess you may want to fix it. BTW, is there a plan to use a Real server for video/audio streaming in future? Cheers Eugenio -- "In a world without walls and fences you would not need windows and gates."

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RIPE meetings webcast
by Niels Bakker 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

Hi there, A few small comments on the video stream: - First, thanks for offering it! - mms://stream-ripe.wind.surfnet.nl/ripemtg works a lot better than mms://webcast.ripe.net/ripemtg from where I'm sitting (AMS-IX offices, AS1200) - Are you considering multicast? - You may want to add VLC (VideoLanClient) http://videolan.org/ to the list of working media players; the Mac OS X version is especially nice. Kind regards, -- Niels Bakker Tel: +31 205 141 716 Amsterdam Internet Exchange Mobile: +31 651 902 772 http://www.ams-ix.net/ E-mail: Niels.Bakker(a)ams-ix.net

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How to watch & listen the webcast using non-windows OSes, is it possible ?
by Juan Rodriguez Hervella 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Hello, Does anybody know how to see the "mms" protocol with Linux or FreeBSD ? It seems that "mplayer" can not decode the audio format 0xA. If anybody knows other tool that works, plz tell me. If it were only possible to follow it with Windows, it would be a shame.... Regards. -- JFRH

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RE: [ipv6-wg@ripe.net] IPv6 Webcast
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

>OK, so now all links from >http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-46/webcast.html are not working >for me. Just FYI, right now (4.9., 11:35) my WMP (V9) on XP refuses to play any of the streams. It complains about invalid format :-( This is just FYI, as I am in the big room, locally... Cheers, Wilfried.

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RE: [ipv6-wg@ripe.net] IPv6 Webcast
by matthew.ford＠bt.com 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Thanks for helping Jeroen. My problems were entirely firewall related. Sorry for bothering you all. Mat > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeroen Massar [mailto:jeroen@unfix.org] > Sent: 04 September 2003 00:48 > To: Ford,M,Mat,XGH5 FORDM5 R; ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net > Cc: ripecast(a)ripe.net > Subject: RE: [ipv6-wg(a)ripe.net] IPv6 Webcast > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > matthew.ford(a)bt.com wrote: > > > OK, so now all links from > > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-46/webcast.html are > not working > > for me. The IPv6 link appears to connect but bombs out while > > 'buffering'. Is anyone succesfully connected at the moment? > > Currently (01:42 CET/Amsterdam time) there are no broadcasts thus > one can't watch them either. The archives (bottom of the page) > work, at least the IPv6-wg one did with Windows Mediaplayer 9 over > my home DSL line. I haven't tested the live feeds but I understood > from Jakub Vlasek (.cz) that he had quite a clear live feed there...

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