[172972] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Ankers)
Mon Jul 14 08:58:42 2014
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:58:35 +0100
From: Daniel Ankers <md1clv@md1clv.com>
To: Dave Temkin <dave@temk.in>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 14 July 2014 13:44, Dave Temkin <dave@temk.in> wrote:
> With multiple different encodes (driven by
> differing DRM and device types) the odds of two people watching the exact
> same thing are relatively low. The law of large numbers rules the game.
>
> -Dave
What are the chances of performing transcoding on the device rather than
sending multiple copies to it?
It seems that would save bandwidth without risking any licensing issues.
Dan
