Richard Danter wrote:
> 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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>
OK I'll add it to the list to look at :-)
Brian
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