[c-nsp] Multicast tryout

[Bob Snyder]

On Apr 1, 2008, at 5:16 AM, Adam Armstrong wrote:
>
>> I'm currently looking for some software which can help us test new
>> Multicast configuration
>> in our network. Is any free software which can send multicast stream
>> (video,music,whatever)
>> and some receiver/client software ? (best if Windows/Linux/Mac based)
>
> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
>
> "VLC media player is a highly portable *multimedia player* for various
> audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3,  
> ogg, ...) as
> well as *DVD*s, *VCD*s, and various *streaming* protocols. It can also
> be used as a server to stream
> <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html> in unicast or *multicast*
> in IPv4 or *IPv6* on a high-bandwidth network. "

I would second the recommendation for VLC. I use it a lot when  
demonstrating multicast video... Set up a PC/laptop sending on one  
side of a router lab, and one on the other side with the video  
received being played, and you can see what the impact of convergence  
times or oversubscribed links do to the video.

Bob