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Hybrid CDN/Peer-to-Peer Architecture for Online Live Streams (HLS)

BemTV is an attempt to scale live video streaming using peer-to-peer without the need of an external plug-in. It uses the powers of WebRTC to build swarms, enabling the possibility to flow chunks between users.

Almost all modern browsers supports WebRTC. BemTV acts intercepting the requests for chunks by the player, trying to fetch it from a peer swarm. If nobody serves, it will get it from the CDN. That's why it's called a Hybrid Model.

Playback is still a little weird (I'm experiencing some stucks and rebuffering events), but I'm improving it. Try calling a friend near you that uses the same internet carrier and have fun.

BemTV on flashls chromeless player

Currently I'm working on a clappr player plugin that adds peer-to-peer support to HTTP Live Streaming (hls) streams. You can find the code and follow the progress by watching this repository.

You can follow BemTV publications and academic works by watching this repository. I'll push papers and presentations related to BemTV progress.

Flávio Ribeiro - [email protected]