> curious as to why flash? > have you considered nodejs? Hi Andrew, to be honest, no we haven't considered that. The project we have has some pretty specific requirements which include a Flash component for at least one of the endpoints, and the other endpoints will most likely have Flash available for use as well, so we're using that as the starting point.
Since P2P between the endpoints isn't possible for this application we're looking at Red5 or similar for the server side since it already supports what we're trying to do. My understanding of Node.js is that it's a server-side JavaScript engine, so if there is already a full-on open source media server written on top of it that can handle multiple media streams and save the chats from both ends of a session in a usable video format then we would be open to considering it for that part of the project. We are open to alternatives if a stack can be demonstrated that meets our needs (we have several people pitching us on WebRTM solutions for this project as well but it doesn't look mature enough at this point). At the moment Flash is the only mature browser-based solution I've seen which can handle our needs for the endpoints, even though it is an older technology on its way out. It's not the cool kid on the block, but, like ColdFusion, it's mature and proven for these types of applications so that's the direction we're leaning until someone demonstrates something better with widespread support. Having said that, we are still looking for a decent Flash developer, so if anyone knows anyone in the Flash space looking for work, preferably with experience working with video chat projects, please send them my way. We are open to alternatives as well if something better that meets our needs can be proposed. Thanks! -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369504 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
