Luke- Yep, that clears it up. Thanks for the explanation. Server-side streaming sounds interesting, but for now I just need good ol' normal streaming. :)
Thanks, -Jed On Oct 10, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Luke Hubbard wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
