P2P-Next

P2P-Next is an integrated FP7 EU project involving more than 20 partners, including University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB).

P2P-Next aims to build the next generation Peer-to-Peer (P2P) content delivery platform.

This site provides information on UPB's contribution to the P2P-Next project activities. We are currently part of WP4 (Work Package 4 - IPvNext Networking Fabric) and WP8 (Work Package 8 - Living Lab Trials).

NextShare Video Plugins

NextSharePC: a media-player browser plugin which uses VLC libraries for video rendering and incorporates P2P technology for VideoOnDemand (VoD) and LiveStreaming content delivery. The plugin is currently working with Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows.

SwarmPlayer: a browser plugin which uses the new HTML5 rendering and incorporates P2P technology for VideoOnDemand (VoD) and LiveStreaming content delivery

	Video Rendering	Operating Systems	Web Browsers
NextSharePC	VLC	Windows Mac OS X	Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or greater Internet Explorer 7.0 or greater
SwarmPlayer	HTML5	Windows Linux Mac OS X	Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or greater Internet Explorer 7.0 or greater

Video Rendering

Operating Systems

Web Browsers

NextSharePC

VLC

Windows

Mac OS X

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or greater

Internet Explorer 7.0 or greater

SwarmPlayer

HTML5

Windows

Linux

Mac OS X

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or greater

Internet Explorer 7.0 or greater

Video Assets

To take a look at the NextShare plugins in action, all you have to do is install them and then watch any video asset from this site.

Through the use of P2P technology, you will be able to stream movies from various categories:

from feature films
from TechTalks technical presentations
or from various events from our faculty
from karaoke parties in Automatic Control and Computers Faculty

All available movies are currently seeded by 5 peers with high bandwidth (1Gbit) kindly provided by the NCIT-Cluster. Anyone that watches a movie will take part in the swarm and ensure greater availability to provided content.