European research project aims to build a next-generation P2P content delivery platform that the team hopes will become a Europe-wide standard for broadcasters.
The P2P Next consortium have developed a BitTorrent client called SwarmPlayer that can stream video and are looking for folks to help test out the system.
This trial is part of the P2P Next project. P2P Next is a European research project funded by the EU FP7 framework. The P2P Next project aims to build a next-generation P2P content delivery platform, to be designed, developed, and applied jointly by a consortium consisting of high-profile academic and industrial partners with proven track records in innovation and commercial success. P2P-Next is developing a platform that takes Open Source development, open standards, and future-proof iterative design as key design principles. By using P2P technology we aim to provide an efficient and low-cost delivery platform for professional and user-created content.
Participants help them measure the performance of the SwarmPlayer software in different situations and allows them to measure if the video is downloading successfully and at what speed.
Current P2P technology allows video to be distributed in three different ways:
- Download it nd watch it afterwards (BitTorrent).
- Watch it while downloading it (VOD, Vuze, and Joost)
- Watch it live (web-cams, live TV broadcasts, etc)
Their research focuses on combining all these modes of video streaming into a single solution by merging them into the BitTorrent protocol. This allows a single player to download movies, watch video-on-demand, and watch live video streams using one technology, while taking advantage of the popularity and maturity of existing BitTorrent clients.
The P2P Next team successfully created the SwarmPlayer software to support these streaming modes, but require an audience to test it on.
Volunteers will need to use the SwarmPlayer BitTorrent client, once this has been installed they will be able to download a pre-recorded five minute clip provided by the BBC or a live view of Amsterdam from the roof of Fabchannel, which is located here.
Those wanting to take part must have a broadband net connection speed of at least 600kbps or higher. Those downloading and installing the software will be able to see how it handles a live stream and a pre-recorded broadcast.
The P2P Next project is scheduled to run for four years and the SwarmPlayer is likely to be the first of many prototypes it produces.
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