The developers behind the BitTorrent protocol have a first public version released their streamingsoftware that works on the basis of peer-to-peer. The service, BitTorrent Live, is intended for users who own online video stream.
According to the makers have the BitTorrent Live software users an easy and cheap way to offer a video stream. By allowing users to the video stream with their own bandwidth to make a contribution, the stream will be more stable to the extent there are more people watching, says BitTorrent. This would be an advantage must be compared with existing streamingsdiensten, such as Ustream, p2p to work.
BitTorrent Live has been released with a beta label. This is a open beta, so the software for everyone to use. The new streamingprotocol on the basis of BitTorrent was for some time tested by a select group. Interested parties can register at a special registration page to enter.
Moreover, BitTorrent is not the only one with plans for a streaming video service based on p2p. Previously showed that even VLC developers have plans for such software. This would the streaming service to be integrated in the video player.
