FusionFox: Utilizing BitTorrent for Web-Based Video on Demand

Petri Savolainen

Web-based Video-on-Demand services such as YouTube have become increasingly
popular. Most current implementations are, however, based on a client-server
model, which means that the need for server bandwidth increases as the service
gains more users. FusionFox is a web browser extension that makes it possible
to create YouTube-like web sites on which the videos are streamed using the
BitTorrent protocol. A windowed piece selection algorithm is used in order to
enable the videos to be viewed as they download. This presentation aims to
describe the design and implementation of FusionFox and present the ongoing
scientific work related to combining BitTorrent and Video-on-Demand.