On 23/01/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Without looking it up, the previous reply (from a Gnash dev IIRC) was that > the BBC are > using the latest version of Adobe Flash Streaming Server, and this has > dropped support for > streaming over HTTP.
I remembered it being described as deprecated. My interpretation of deprecated is that it isn't recommended to use it but it still can be used. Normally it means it will be removed sometime in the future. For instance I can use a Deprecated Method in Java and it will still wok but I will get a warning and it may be removed from Java in the future. I therefore assumed that RTMP could still be used but wasn't the recommended approach. I may have been wrong though. (Why would anyone remove something useful from a software application anyway? More importantly why would anyone trust a vendor that did that with their Mission Critical software applications?). > When YouTube upgrade, they too will probably lose support for > streaming over HTTP as well. They currently stream over HTTP don't they? This the BBC could *currently* do the same. > Also, I previously asked you if you knew of any alternatives the BBC could > have used. To > quote you: "Any chance you could actually answer the questions I asked?" To quote you: > This has also been answered before (the last time you asked it, actually). > I'm not > entirely convinced you've actually been reading replies, or if you have, > actually paying > them much attention. Apache has the power to serve files over HTTP. You should check it out http://www.apache.org/ . Stick a file in a location it can access and clients can stream from it. Red5 likely still does HTTP. http://osflash.org/red5 First hit on Google for "Video Streaming Software": http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html (VLC can behave as a server as well as doing playback) Supports multiple formats and protocols. Now I have answered yours will you be answering my other questions? Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
