Ryan, Good catch. Change what I said to "4 streaming delivery platforms"
Jeremy Brodie p3 Web Development >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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
