Hi Janos,
János Löbb wrote: > > > On Dec 10, 2009, at 3:48 PM, André Warnier wrote: > >> Ted Byers wrote: >>> Presently running Apache's httpd v 2.2.9 on Windows Server (and >>> also on XP, >>> but my tests in question were run on the server). >>> I have attempted to get httpd video streaming working by making a >>> wvx file >>> pointing at the video file I want to stream. When I then point my >>> browser >>> at it, the dialog asking to open media player appears, and when I >>> click ok, >>> th eplayer opens immediately, but it waits until the entire file (a >>> WMV >>> file) has been transferred, showing the progress of its being >>> buffered by >>> the player, before it actually plays the file. >> ... >> I don't really know, and I am also interested in an authoritative >> answer. >> >> But I will dare a guess, based on what I think I know of HTTP. >> My guess would be that streaming video (or audio) would rely on the >> capability, both of the client and the server, to handle "range" >> requests. The client can ask for an object, but also specify "from >> byte x to byte y". The server then sends that part, and the client >> starts plaing it. At the same time, the client issues more requests >> for subsequent ranges, and the server sends these chunks, etc.. >> I guess that this must also mean that the format of the media itself >> lends itself to it, in the sense that the information needed to play >> the thing is sent at the beginning or with each chunk, and not at >> the end. >> All in all, I would thus guess that to do real streaming, both the >> client and the server have to be rather specialised for that task. >> >> > > There is more info here: http://dss.macosforge.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > > I've been there, and was looking at it as a medium term option. I guess I have two followup questions for you. 1) Am I to understand, then, that your answer is that I can't do this with Apache's httpd server and I have to deploy Apple's open source streaming video server? 2) If I use mpeg-4 files, will they then stream pproperly using http streaming? Thanks Ted -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/http-video-streaming-tp26733531p26736282.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
