Hello, Flash appears to say yes to SMIL:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000589.html though flash has caused me problems by only implementing limited subsets of other standard formats (eg limited html tags in flash textareas) so I wouldn't like to say for sure the flash's understanding of SMIL would do what you want. I've never used SMIL + flash. And the best bet I think for an open source flash streaming server for flv video format is still currently Red5 which hasn't made a 1.0 version yet: http://osflash.org/red5 If you use MP4 container with h264/aac as your flash video format (from memory: player 9,0,115,0 onwards), you may have more options for your server, it's on my list to check this but so far I haven't had time. S. On Feb 17, 2008 10:18 PM, Dogsbody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have been googling on and > off > since last year, found nothing and you lot are the best people I know to > ask! > > I'm looking for an open source video streaming server & browser based > video > client for the video finish of a charity marathon I run. > > I'm already using Helix Server for streaming the video although I could > change > that if required. I'm using Real video for the stream and I guess it's > the > having to ask users to download and install Real Player that's harsh. > While Real > is very good at simultaneous multi-bitrate streaming it's anything but > open and > I know plenty of people that refuse to install Real Player not to mention > to > vulnerabilities! > > It would be great to have the video window in the browser so the user > didn't > have to download anything (e.g. VLC) but I think that just leaves > Flash(!?) > which is also not open (although people are at least used to video in > Flash). > > The BIG requirement though is that the client can understand/replicate > SMIL > information as the video is stored on the server as a single 1GB file and > different users are streamed different 20 second clips based on the time > they > went over the finish line. Can Flash even do that? > > Any help appreciated. > > Dan > > P.S. I'm using the term Open Source as a indication of the ideal, I'm a > fan of > open source so I would like to use it with free software being the next > choice > but as this is a charity marathon we have no money to throw at commercial > software. > - > 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]/ >
