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Brett Sheffield (he/him)
@dentangle@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

@dlakelan @mray You're technically correct (the best kind!)

Yes, SSM is PULL rather than PUSH, so it has one of the properties of multicast, but it is lacking the other characteristics that make multicast special.

SSM relies on knowing in advance the *unicast* IP address of the source.

SSM is unidirectional.

SSM lets one sender shout at everyone else.

SSM is not group communication.

SSM has its uses, and it's easier than true #multicast but it doesn't meet #Librecast 's requirements.

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Daniel Lakeland
@dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

@dentangle
Its important to push back against the idea that SSM is what "multicast is for". Can't wait til the day i can subscribe to every personal weather station in SoCal or attend a virtual conference and every "room" is just guys multicasting audio and video at each other, and I can adjust the volume or mute whoever I want. The possibilities are completely transformative.
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