RE: streaming audio/video on linux

From: Jessica Zhu (jessica_at_mathforum.org)
Date: 05/25/05

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    Thanks, Anthony and Sean.

    Nice feedback. Do you guys know any good audio/vedio host? My boss just
    told me it would be a short term need, so it would be nice if we just pay
    some money and get someone hosted for us.

    Thanks!

    Jessica

    On Wed, 25 May 2005, Anthony Leung wrote:

    > There is a free streaming solutions when it comes to linux that is widely
    > accepted. Helix as Sean was saying has a large licensing cost. There is
    > always the alternative of using Darwin which is free and will stream vod and
    > live content. Flash Communication server is another option, but that is also
    > a heavy hit when it comes to licensing. FYI Helix is not supported on new
    > generations of Linux yet you should be safe running it on 2.4.21-4.EL. FCS
    > 1.5 is also only supported to RHEL 3 currently I believe. If your thinking
    > of streaming for a business and need a fast turn around it might be wiser
    > for you to look at CDN.
    >
    > Anthony Leung
    > Senior Unix
    > Administrator
    > Nine Systems Corp
    > www.ninesystems.com
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com]
    > On Behalf Of Sean O Sullivan
    > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:08 AM
    > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
    > Subject: Re: streaming audio/video on linux
    >
    > Jessica Zhu wrote:
    >
    > >Hi,
    > >
    > >We need to set up a streaming audio/video server on linux.
    > >
    > >There are two kernel versions here. One is old 2.2.24-7.0.3enterprise and
    > >another is 2.4.21-4.EL. Could anyone recommend a good package(audio,
    > >video, or both)?
    > >
    > >I did some search myself. It seemed that a lot people use
    > >realplayer(audio/video), aumix(audio). I need to set up a server within
    > >two days. So instead of doing a lot of investigation myself, I'd like to
    > >hear the opinion from experienced people here.
    > >
    > >Thanks in advance for any input.
    > >
    > >Jessica
    > >
    > would say it depends very much on how much you've to spend.
    >
    >
    > Real is probably one of the best I have used, however, it comes with the
    > huge downside of license costs.
    > The older real server, now replaced by Helix Universal server streams
    > about any format (real, wm, flash (upto 4), and quicktime), and works
    > very well (hell of a lot nicer/better than WM in my experience).
    > Downside is license costs are quite high, so if it's company/corporate
    > venture, I'd suggest Real most defintely.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Sean
    >
    > 

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