Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Roger Olofsson
Sam Fourman Jr. skrev: If the main purpose of your box is to be a PVR, I suggest going with a Linux distribution and using MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). While I am a fan of FreeBSD as a web/mail/etc. server, it did not meet my needs when attempting to build a PVR. I found the Gentoo Linux

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
Some year back I was meddling around with VLC (videolan) that does a pretty good job of the streaming part. There was issues with threads at the time so I let it rest though. Do you have any Idea, how much bandwidth it takes to stream HDTV 1080i via VLC I am assuming a T1 would not be enough

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 11, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: Some year back I was meddling around with VLC (videolan) that does a pretty good job of the streaming part. There was issues with threads at the time so I let it rest though. Do you have any Idea, how much bandwidth it takes to stream

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Steve Cole wrote: Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 01:57:25PM +0100, Steve Cole wrote: Sorry I ment 7.0 I was thinking about something else. :-[ I have been looking at the Hauppauge range of cards as I understand that they offer the best support for any linux based OS To be honest I am a virgin when it comes to

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
If the main purpose of your box is to be a PVR, I suggest going with a Linux distribution and using MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org). While I am a fan of FreeBSD as a web/mail/etc. server, it did not meet my needs when attempting to build a PVR. I found the Gentoo Linux distribution most

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-10 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
-- From: Sam Fourman Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:22 PM To: Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video streaming with freeBSD If the main purpose of your box

Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Steve Cole
Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not always proven methods.

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Steve Cole wrote: Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however to save alot of time with untested and not

Re: Video streaming with freeBSD

2008-08-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 09:50:26PM +0100, Steve Cole wrote: Hi I have just installed FreeBSD 4.11 with the intention of not only creating a file server but to allow for video streaming and recording with the aid of a TV card. Lots of forums suggest many options to achieve this however

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-25 Thread Andreas Widerøe Andersen
Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: command line only? Cheers, Andreas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-25 Thread Heiko Wundram (Beenic)
Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2007 08:42:31 schrieb Andreas Widerøe Andersen: Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: command line only? Apple's Darwin runs perfectly just with command-line

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-25 Thread Oliver Fromme
Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: command line only? mencoder and ffmpeg are command-line apps. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme,

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-25 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
On 25-Oct-07, at 12:12 PM, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: command line only? You can try http://www.icecast.org/ . I have tried it with mp3

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
/usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many different formats, including wmv9 and H.264. /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc contains a streaming server, IIRC. Do any of these support multicast? Cisco is pushing this big time with AVVID. -- Brian A. Seklecki [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:03:57 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: /usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many different formats, including wmv9 and H.264. /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc contains a streaming server, IIRC. Do any of these support multicast? Cisco is pushing

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:35:34 +0300 Nikos Vassiliadis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:03:57 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: /usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many differen Well, no, its just that the 99% of the managed switches routers out there

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:44:13 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: Well, no, its just that the 99% of the managed switches routers out there are going to (need to) support multicast video delivery they way they want. I guess there are many possible solutions. YMMV. Many solutions to many

Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread Andreas Widerøe Andersen
Hi all, I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and encoder or either). I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I try to run as much as possible on FreeBSD. My question would be, is there a streaming server and possibly an encoder

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread Oliver Fromme
Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and encoder or either). I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I try to run as much as possible on FreeBSD. My question would be, is there a

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread Mark Moellering
On Tuesday 23 October 2007 5:01 am, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and encoder or either). I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I try to run as much as possible on FreeBSD. My

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:01:02AM +0200, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and encoder or either). I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I try to run as much as possible on

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-23 Thread DAve
Mark Moellering wrote: On Tuesday 23 October 2007 5:01 am, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and encoder or either). I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I try to run as much as

Re: play video streaming in freebsd/kde desktop

2005-04-17 Thread exp
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:21:39PM +0800, Edwin D. Vinas wrote: hi, how can i view streaming sites in FreeBSD? what applications do i need to install? thanks! -edwin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list