James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 28/03/2008, Graham Bleach <graham@???> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Graham
>>
>
> The likes of youtube use something called "progressive downloads"
> mainly for cost reasons.
> The licensing cost for "streaming" of most file formats is huge.
> The licensing cost for "progressive downloads" is nill.
>>From the user perspective the difference is...not much.
>
> Progressive downloads is also considered a better technology now
> anyway. As the user can happily watch the content later if they wish
> without having to link to the internet.
>
> I was going to implement progressive download for all online media
> formats xine could play, but never found the time to do it.
>
> I recommend finding a solution that does progressive download.
>
> James
>
Thanks, I'll add that to the list of "would likes"
I've got red5 installed but now have to get my head round how to use it, I think I said that before :-)
Brian
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