Hi John, > In audio, you don't need to because the server can handle it in real time. > In video though, it seems crucial - my brief tests with CPU loads of it > running though Liquid Soap and Plain streaming through Icecast were > frightening - huge differences
Which codec were you using for video, theora? > if it could be done ahead of time (for video at least) you save a > huge burden on the sever. No? Well, if you are planning to encode and stream video around the clock, you are likely to need better hardware than for audio only, just to keep the machine running at a reasonable load average. The only case I can think of for rendering video in non-real-time is if you are only producing content for a certain number of hours per day, and you have off-air time to catch up. Then you upload to YouTube or whatever and begin the cycle again. Even then, the slow hardware may be a false economy for time-sensitive media such as journalism. You can build a server farm from older machines, but then your electricity and cooling costs go up. If you are streaming video 24/7 then the cost of fast hardware is probably trivial compared to the amount of bandwidth you are going to need. > I am quite interested in working with you guys, if the video task can > realistically be done. Please mail me offlist, I can introduce you to the other community members interested in developing video support. As for realistic, that only depends on how much time and effort the community wants to put into this. I am told by public and community broadcasters in Europe that there is currently no ready-made open source solution for running a TV station, so it's not like we are re-inventing the wheel. Cheers! Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Savonet-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users
