You can stream any file out to the browser, but don't confuse that with video streaming servers as they are really quite different.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: JLH All Turbo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:40 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: img! > > Now will that work with pushing videos? MPGs, AVIs, WMV, ASF, etc..? > What > would the content have to be then? Where is a list of the valid content > types? > > THank you guys so much, > > jacob. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:34 PM > Subject: RE: img! > > > > The main issue with cfcontent is that is loads the file into memory and > > then serves it. I would suggest writing a servlet that is able to stream > > the file out to the buffer. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:34 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: img! > > > > > > > If I wanted to do something along the lines of: > > > > > > > > joe.cfm?img=/images/go.jpg > > > > > > > > and have joe.cfm turn into the actual image how would i > > > > accomplish such a task? i'm interested in keeping from > > > > being able to look at photos unless they are logged in > > > > and i want cfm to manage the logging in via session vars. > > > > > > > > the images directory would not be web accessible obviously > > > > but the .cfm page would call the images from that dir. > > > > > > > > how can i make the browser think that > > > > joe.cfm?img=/images/go.jpg is an actual jpeg and not a > > > > cfm file with a jpeg in it? > > > > > > You'd need your CFM file to use CFCONTENT to return a JPEG, and not > > return > > > anything else (no HTML tags or other text output). > > > > > > <!--- joe.cfm ---> > > > <cfif IsUserInRole("PictureViewer")> > > > <cfset ImageToShow = "go.jpg"> > > > <cfelse> > > > <cfset ImageToShow = "blank.jpg"> > > > </cfif> > > > > > > <cfcontent type="image/jpeg" file="#ImageToShow#"> > > > > > > > how server intensive is this task? > > > > > > Unfortunately, it's pretty intensive, and I wouldn't recommend it in a > > > high-usage environment. There are alternatives, such as the use of > > > symlinks > > > or junctions, or the use of web server authentication, that you can > > use to > > > offload this kind of thing from CF, if you're in that sort of > > environment. > > > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
