Will turn your PC into a VidTorrent node!

Jun 28, 2006 14:44 GMT  ·  By

VidTorrentLive is a minimal Live CD based on the Fluxbox window manager that turns a PC into a VidTorrent node. VidTorrentLive is based on Gentoo Linux and should work on any modern x86 PC with an ethernet card.

You can run it either directly, by booting your PC from the CD, or inside a virtual machine monitor like VMWare or Parallels Workstation. When the CD boots it auto-configures networking using DHCP and spawns Veep. Veep is a graphical VidTorrent client which allows you to join existing VidTorrent streams or publish your own.

What is VidTorrent?

VidTorrent is a protocol for global scale cooperative real-time streaming over the Internet. At a high level, VidTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol that builds an adaptive overlay mesh suitable for real-time streaming. The protocol works by aggressively probing for bandwidth and minimizing latency. At the same time, the protocol continuously monitors and dynamically adapts the mesh to match the underlaying network topology and node capabilities.

VidTorrent is more than just a protocol from an end user's perspective. It provides application infrastructure for fostering communities around real-time media, similar to what BitTorrent does for the file sharing community and Skype for internet telephony users all over the world. In one such application, XPat-TV, we are experimenting with forming social groups within expatriate communities. These groups are created by VidTorrent co-casters, sharing live TV broadcasts from their home country.

Here are some screenshots we have made for VidTorrentLive:

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