[Imc-finance] Re: [IMC-Tech] about streaming media servers

Micah Anderson micah at indymedia.org
Fri Apr 25 10:25:48 2003


There is streaming support available for all IMCs, there has been for
some time. We had streaming support through the graces of loudeye for
a while, then we transitioned to paranode (without very much downtime
either). Is there some reason why Urbana, or others in the network are
not using this?

Micah

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Sheri Herndon wrote:

> sascha shared this to the imc finance list from the urbana's discussions:
> 
> "I don't have a particular problem here.  HOWEVER, I would love for there
> to be better streaming support in the network.  Here in Urbana, for
> instance, we have no streaming media, even though we now have active video
> and radio groups producing things that would find bigger audiences if
> streamed.  Video, in particular, can't really be uploaded to groogroo
> because downloads jam the bandwidth.  So -- could we get in on some
> streaming, or maybe get a streaming server here via the global, with the
> intent of serving the midwest?"
> 
> hi everyone,
> 
> i agree that this is a need.  i know there is a donor who would like 
> to give some funds to about 5 different imcs, primarily outside the 
> us.  i'm wondering if there's a way of assessing which sites would be 
> good to offer this donation to.  any ideas?
> 
> peace,
> sheri
> 
> -- 
> You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
> To change something, build a NEW model that makes the existing model 
> obsolete.
> 
> Buckminster Fuller
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