You can also use quicktime streaming... You can download it from the apple site, its called darwin streaming server
http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/ (its free) Ryan On 15/7/03 8:01 pm, "J Brodie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > On the streaming side you really have three options-- Real Player, Windows > Media and Flash -- and each have their pros and cons associated with each > technology. > > Since you already have a real server configured, you might want to create an > .rpm file containing the path of the real media video file (such as pnm:// or > rtsp://myInternalserver.com/myRealFile.rm). Then call the .rpm file from your > <object> tag when you call the stream. This will allivate(sp) some of your > security concerns. Of course you will need to lock down the web server to > prevent outsiders from accessing the text .rpm file directly to find the real > location of the stream. > > Some gotachs to look out for when using this approach. Real Server streams on > port 7007-- most firewalls block this port. Although Real will let you stream > from port 80, you will need to have Real Server on a seperate machine. > > You will also need to make sure everyone has downloaded the Real Plugin as > well using this approach. In this day, where sysadmins lock down workstations > pretty tighly, some users may not be able to download the plugin. > > If you have the orininal AVIs and WAV files you might want to consider either > using Flash Communication Server or the free Windows Media Server route, since > more folks have these plugins On the other hand going from RM to MPEG to > another format could take a lot of the quality away from the video. > > You also might want to check the encoding bitrate of the video as well. If you > have employees dialing in, they will never be able to view a video streamed at > a broadband rate > > Jeremy Brodie > p3 Web Development > >> thanks Michael >> its on a secure server & just for internal use >> the only reason they want it streamed is that they are pretty chunky files. >> training videos that can be over 20 minutes long.. >> >> guess i will look into setting up a real server, since we own it. >> just dislike its format & the way they treat there clients... >> -paul > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
