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Army Tech - 20 Sep 2007 03:08 GMT

I have a high speed LAN with multi-gigabit trunk ports and gigabit to every
desktop. I am hoping to setup a server or servers to allow a few news
stations to be streamed to the user's desktop. I am looking for a
recommendation that will allow up to 100 or more users stream a live TV feed
of the major news networks.

Can anyone make any recommendations on hardware to consider?

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Mike Lowery - 20 Sep 2007 15:35 GMT

If this is a private network, considering using multicast publishing points
in Windows Media Services.

>I have a high speed LAN with multi-gigabit trunk ports and gigabit to every
> desktop. I am hoping to setup a server or servers to allow a few news
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> Can anyone make any recommendations on hardware to consider?

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Army Tech - 21 Sep 2007 01:38 GMT

Mike,

Thanks for that piece of advice, but I'm hoping for a little more. I'm a
seasoned network manager, not a server guy. If I wanted to stream CNN and
Fox News over my network to 100+ users, what kind of server hardware am I
looking at?

> If this is a private network, considering using multicast publishing points
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Mike Lowery - 25 Sep 2007 18:02 GMT

If you stream multicast you'll need minimal server hardware. If you need to
encode/transcode the video, that's another story.

> Mike,
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asit mehta - 04 Nov 2007 06:27 GMT

did you find the solution finally as i am also exploring a solution for the
same problem. i have over 500 machines,connected on CAT5.alternatively i
thought of putting Plasma panels on mute and transporting the audio on
telephone EPABX asking users to camp on a number-conferencing-.but that is
having severe limitations on number of users.
So let me know if you found a solution and your experience with that

> If you stream multicast you'll need minimal server hardware. If you need to
> encode/transcode the video, that's another story.
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Mike Lowery - 12 Nov 2007 16:43 GMT

Multicast is the "solution." The rest you need to figure out yourself.

> did you find the solution finally as i am also exploring a solution for
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BobL - 27 Nov 2007 14:30 GMT

Army tech - we are doing this at my site for live coverage of our launches.
I use Osprey capture cards in the streaming server ( you can also build
dedicated capture PC's or servers ) and have them hooked up to CATV decoders
for the channels we want to encoder and multicast. The encoders capture the
TV channel and send a live stream at the media server which multicats them.
Email for details if you want
robert.lackey@losangeles.af.mil

> I have a high speed LAN with multi-gigabit trunk ports and gigabit to every
> desktop. I am hoping to setup a server or servers to allow a few news
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> Can anyone make any recommendations on hardware to consider?

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