Hi Jed, The difference is quite simple but probably not well explained.
Normal streaming, is works as you would expect. Request comes into the server for a file or live stream and the server streams over rtmp or rtmpt. Server side stream composition lets you construct stream playlists on the server using sources and then push the stream out to clients as either a vod or a live broadcast. An example might be.. taking a video adding an intro at that start, then some ads, then the video, then more adds at the end. This stream is composed on the server, then broadcast as live to clients ( meaning they cannot seek ). Its more push based. Anyway in 0.5 that code was unstable / experimental. Not totally sure its current status, Steven is the guy working on that part. Hope that sheds some light on it. - Luke On 10/10/06, Jed Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the "Known issues /warnings" section of the osFlash site for red5, > it states: > > "The server side stream composition code is unstable / experimental. > This should not be confused with normal streaming." > > Can somebody explain (or point me to an explanation of) the difference? > > Thanks, > -Jed > > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
