I really should avoid keyboards on Friday... On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: > Soyyr, that was Flumotion... > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Cary Gordon <listu...@chillco.com> wrote: >> We are looking at Fluemotion, a server solution based on the gstreamer >> libraries. http://www.flumotion.net/ >> >> It is available in both free and commercial versions. >> >> Cary >> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Madrigal, Juan A <j.madrig...@miami.edu> >> wrote: >>> Bill, >>> >>> You would need three minimum components to get the job done. An asset >>> management server for managing media and publishing, >>> a streaming server, and a web front end. Here are some to look into: >>> >>> STREAMING SERVERS >>> >>> Wowza Streaming Server >>> http://www.wowzamedia.com/ >>> >>> mod_h264 >>> http://h264.code-shop.com/trac >>> >>> Red5 >>> http://www.red5.org/ >>> >>> Mammoth >>> http://mammothserver.org/ >>> >>> Darwin Streaming Server (Quicktime) >>> http://dss.macosforge.org/ >>> >>> WEB FRONT END >>> >>> MediaCore CMS >>> http://mediacore.com/ >>> >>> ASSET MANAGEMENT/MEDIA DEPLOYMENT >>> >>> Final Cut >>> Server<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=final+cut+server&aq=f> >>> for a review/approval worflow and publishing video to your streaming serve >>> if you can get your hands on it, along with Transmogrifier >>> http://transmogrifier.sourceforge.net for enhanced publishing workflows >>> >>> Another option is TACTIC: http://www.southpawtech.com which I haven't used >>> but you can attach scripts which can be used to publish files >>> >>> >>> For the video format/codec I would recommend H264 delivered via HTTP >>> Adaptive Streaming. This will allow mobile streaming to smart phones and >>> tablets and you could always wrap H264 video in Flash if necessary >>> (FlowPlayer/JWPlayer) for the desktop. You could use Flash on the desktop >>> to protect the stream or a token based authentication mechanism along with >>> user based access controls. >>> >>> To handle a large amount of users or concurrent streams you would need to >>> implement a load balancing server calls the video from the streaming server >>> with the least load. >>> A cache server wouldn't be a bad idea either for popular videos. Another >>> option is to use a CDN like AmazonS3 or Akamai on a case by case scenario. >>> Say you are streaming a specific event and expect a heavy number of views >>> for example. >>> >>> Hope this helps! >>> >>> Juan Madrigal >>> >>> Web Developer >>> Web and Emerging Technologies >>> University of Miami >>> Richter Library >>> >>> >>> On 7/7/11 5:05 PM, "William Helman" >>> <william.hel...@gmail.com<mailto:william.hel...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> We are in the information gathering stage of a project to look at offering >>> streaming video course reserves for online/distance multimedia classes the >>> University of Baltimore offers. Think Netflix streaming for obsucure films >>> not on Netflix (such as digitized films from special collections, or >>> instructor personal copies). I was wondering if anyone out there has any >>> experience with this sort of thing? >>> >>> >>> We currently use Slingbox (http://www.slingmedia.com/), but this will not >>> scale to what our faculty have in mind. The most pressing needs (besides >>> system tools to help maintain fair use), are one that is reliable outside of >>> library hours and one that lets us upload our own content. >>> >>> >>> Our partner from campus IT is investigating http://www.kaltura.org/, anyone >>> have experience with it? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, and sorry for the cross post. >>> >>> >>> >>> -Bill Helman >>> >>> >>> >>> Integrated Digital Services Librarian - University of Baltimore Langsdale >>> Library >>> >>> whel...@ubalt.edu<mailto:whel...@ubalt.edu> - ph. 410 837 4209 - >>> http://whelman.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Cary Gordon >> The Cherry Hill Company >> http://chillco.com >> > > > > -- > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > http://chillco.com >
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