If Red5 doesn't do what you want another option you may want to
consider is the Darwin media server from Apple:
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html
It is available as source and I have used it in the past to stream MPEG4 videos.
Rich
On 01/04/2008, Brian Chivers <brian@???> wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>
> > Graham Bleach wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Graham
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I have set up and got running the Red5 flash media server
> > http://www.red5flashserver.com/
> > It seems to work just fine for streaming videos etc. You may have to
> re-encode your .avi files to .flv or something before you stream them.
> > I installed it because I wanted to build a little flash application with a
> record button that grabs the microphone and streams audio up to the server
> and records it so that I could have a simple way for users to contribute
> stories to http://www.astoryforbedtime.com The server part works great, I
> just got a bit stuck writing the button.
> > If anyone knows a bit about flash and wants to help write such a tool then
> give me a shout.
> >
> > Alan.
> >
> >
> I've finally got Red5 installed, couldn't get it working with CentOS but
> Debian Etch was fine.
>
> Now just have to workout how to get it to stream files from it :-)
>
> Brian
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