is watching streams p2p streaming?

please say you're fishing

streaming is just watching anything that doesn't actually get downloaded


i thought?

im basing that on how porn streams work

Ashley_Young why would i be fishing? genuinely asking this

just cant work it out.. cause the stream is coming from someone else so therefore surely its p2p?

ATDHE, Justintv, Iraqgoals, Fromsport, Firstrow etc. are all peer2peer streaming sites.

I average 18 viruses a match, its all worth it though, get it up yers Rupert!

'MonTheRovers explain how though please?

well one person uploads it, another person watches it and it's a constant stream of data rather than a download = P2P streaming??


Why are you bothered, is it keeping you from sleep? [:)]

yes rocket

I can confirm if you are watching a stream, you are streaming.

yes of course your streaming but IS THAT P2P FFS

i cant figure it out in my head.. maybe its the alcohol i dont know but its confusing

In a peer to peer system, each computer that participates in the system has some kind of resource (data, computing capacity, disk space, algorithms, etc.) that it offers to the other users of the system. In a multimedia peer to peer system, the most common resource is constituted by data files. A computer needing a particular file or algorithm will send a request for it to all or some of the participants of the system. The participants that have that resource available will answer, possibly with some additional information about the computer on which the resource is located, such as its computing power, network bandwidth, work load at the moment, etc. Based on this information, the requester contacts one of the participants that answered, and instaurates with it a one to one communication during which the file is exchanged, or the algorithm is invoked, the disk space is allocated and used, etc.

http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6860/Peer-to-Peer-Systems.html

ill assume the answer is yes 

thanks for answers from those that are sensible