When you computer starts to load something like a video from one server it could be a bit frustrating if the video is a bit long, because well its collecting data from just one server. YouTube in Sri Lanka anyone? 😀
Any way if you know about torrents you know that one file’s content is scattered among many peers, which means all the packets of data would be retrieved from those different servers at once, which is much much faster. But why am i talking about two things that are totally different, YouTube video buffering and file downloading from a torrent?
I’m building a bridge between the two to show BitTorent’s latest service BitTorrent Live. Live video streaming not from one server but multiple peers. the result? generally higher quality video with much less hassle and time.
Copyrights for the picture used above belongs to bittorrent and was excerpted from the BitTorrent Live website
the description on its website http://live.bittorrent.com/ says-
“BitTorrent Live is a powerful new web-based live streaming technology. Designed to eliminate barriers to broadcast, Live is an entirely new protocol, designed to deliver high quality video to large audiences – with significant reduction in infrastructure cost and network delays.”
for more information on BitTorrent Live please visit its website mentioned above.
Aasif Faiz 