> -----Original Message----- > From: David Low [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:07 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: video hosting? > > > From: Jim Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 16 October 2006 15:02 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: video hosting? > > > > I asked some questions about video a while back, so you might want to > > look at the answers I got: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/thread.cfm/threadid:44847 > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/thread.cfm/threadid:44848 > > > > I looked at playstream.com, but we finally just decided to set up a > > regular hosting account at a host that I knew had good pipes and > > reasonable prices (pair.com). We pointed a subdomain at that hosting > > account and pulled any videos (all wmv) from there. > > Thanks Jim, I'll take a look. > > I have a good hosting service in the UK with a very good bandwidth > allowance which would cover all the videos. However I need them to be > streamed properly (Windows Media or preferably Flash) rather than > progressive download. Tried to get a couple of quotes from Macromedia's > preferred Flash video partners and got no replies! >
We used to use windows media streaming (which is free) and got mixed results. We have since switched to flash (and we don't even stream but do progressive download). With flash 8's compression ratios we usually can get away with it, and our videos are meant to be played in order without skipping through (we usually post short 30 sec to 1 minute clips). If you need people to be able to seek within the video, there are several solutions for that. You can get flash communication server (expensive). You can use a CF/PHP script or lighthttp module to allow seeking within the stream. You can use Red5 as the server. I haven't tried any of these methods as we've had no need for them, but I can't imagine that it would be very difficult to implement. Other then being able to seek within the stream, are there any other benefits of streaming vs progressive download that I'm not seeing? Russ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
