streaming audio/video on linux

[Anthony Leung]

We are actually a cdn, but in regards to that it's better to be done in
private.  

-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Jessica Zhu
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:32 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: RE: streaming audio/video on linux

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 at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at 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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