RE: streaming audio/video on linux

["Anthony Leung" <anthonyl ninesystems com>]

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-----
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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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