MMS streams

[Dotan Cohen]

On 19/07/07, Scott (angrykeyboarder) <geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen spake thusly :
> > At my university we watch lectures in Windows Media Player via MMS
> > streams. The streams are over 2GB in size, so saving the entire stream
> > is not an option.....
>
> I hope you don't mind my asking but...
>
> Assuming you have broadband, why not?
>
> I'm my case, Ive got broadband, 47GB of free space and a DVD burner (in
> case I'd want to preserve it).
>
> I download DVD images quite often that are larger than 2GB. (for
> example, the Ubuntu Feisty DVD is 4GB).
>
> I'd much rather download that video than try to mess around with
> streaming it.

There are about 80 videos per course. Also, if I need to quickly check
something, then I will not wait for the 2GB file to download.
Especially when I'm not sure in which video it was.

Additionally, I am moving some friends to Linux (Fedora/Ubuntu/and
maybe Freespire in the near future). The videos are an important part
of the curriculum for us.

Dotan Cohen

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