VLC is a realtime open source re-encoder... software based which some CDN's are utilizing, it's not real efficient but it works.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like you need a separate appliance for this software? You then > hook it up to the webserver. Obviously if you have a buff enough webserver, > a separate appliance wouldnt be needed. > I still dont understand the model ripcode is built for. > You have a video in format X and you want to serve it or stream it out to > your users as format W,Y,and Z, so it doesnt transcode the Format X to W, Y, > or Z until the User requests streaming or serving of a file in a particular > format. > > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The other day, I sat next to someone on an airplane who worked for >> Ripcode. >> >> http://www.ripcode.com/ >> >> Basically, it transcodes on-the-fly for any sort of mobile device that >> hits the webserver, saving (in theory) tons of storage that might >> otherwise be spent on caching video files of various sizes. >> >> Has anyone seen an open source equivalent of this? >> >> (I'm sort of curious if there are any existing open source projects >> which do various components of this.) >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be > continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
