Author: Graham Bleach Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Video streaming
On 28/03/2008, Brian Chivers <brian@???> wrote: > Just thinking about my next project for College and one thing that I think I need to look at is
> video streaming.
>
> Currently we have a server with a big HDD that people save clips on as AVI's and this is mapped to
> the users via Samba. This is OKish for inside college but when they are outside of college they have
> no access to it and as well allow external access to Moodle I'd like to be able for staff to embed
> the clips into moodle so they have the same access inside or outside of college.
>
> Has anyone done this sort of thing before & if so what did you use. I have looked at the Darwin /
> Open Source Streaming Server from apple [1] but don't want to start reinventing the wheel if people
> have found something easier to setup / use
Typically this is done on the web by using Flash video and progressive
downloads; the video isn't streamed as such, but the Flash client
starts playing it before it is fully downloaded. Streaming other
formats hits obstacles such as lack of client support and bandwidth
constraints.
