Damjan, Thanks for alerting to the existence of this,
Donnacha On 4/22/07, dabi du <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is probabely what you are looking for > http://wagner-sebastian.com/wordpress/2006/08/18/laszlo-video-api-and-red5-05/ > > Damjan > --- Donnacha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have been casually following Red5's progress for > > quite a while but > > many of the technical conversations are over my head > > and, although I'm > > excited about the potential, I'm unclear on what, > > exactly, Red5 is and > > is not be able to do. > > > > During my online travels, I came across the > > quirkiest Flash-video > > coding website you'll ever find, run by an English > > guy who calls > > himself Mr Webcam: > > > > http://mr-webcam.no-ip.co.uk/ > > > > Apart from the 16 live webcams running 24/7 > > (including his "World > > Famous Parrot Cam"), he cranks out little FMS apps > > and, more recently, > > Wowza Media Server apps (like Red5, Wowza is a > > Java-based media server > > albeit a proprietary, commercial one). > > > > Mr Webcam's website is visually crude to say the > > least and somewhat > > confusing but don't let that put you off exploring - > > it is fascinating > > to see the way in which he has evolved the various > > possible > > permutations of the basic webcam concepts and his > > enthusiasm for > > webcam technology is infectious. > > > > One of the Wowza apps absolutely blew my mind > > because, although he is > > using it as a guestbook, it has all the basic > > functionality I need for > > an altogether different use that I'm very excited > > about. > > > > The app is a simple video guestbook were the public > > can enter their > > name, flash asks for permission to send data from > > their webcam to the > > website and a video is recorded to the server and > > added to a list of > > entries that can be viewed by anyone: > > > > > http://mr-webcam.no-ip.co.uk/wowza-tests/guestbook/index.php > > > > There is also a password protected page from which > > the admin can > > delete video entries: > > > > > http://mr-webcam.no-ip.co.uk/wowza-tests/guestbook/index2.php > > > > Although you would think this is fairly > > straightforward stuff, I > > hadn't seen it actually done before, at least not in > > such an > > accessible form and, believe me, I have scoured the > > Web looking for > > something like this. > > > > > > MY QUESTION: > > > > As evidenced by the demo on his site, Wowza Server > > does a good job of > > handling this guestbook app - would Red5, in its > > current stage of > > development, be able to handle the same task > > reliably and efficiently > > in terms of memory leaks etc? > > > > Wowza's free license allows 10 concurrent streams > > (which, hmmm, I > > think, means I could have 10 people being videoed at > > the same time) - > > if I dedicated an entire server to it , roughly how > > many people could > > I expect Red5 to handle at the same time? > > > > The server: > > > > Intel P4 2.8Ghz 533 FSB > > � 2048MB DDR RAM > > � 80GB IDE Hard Drive > > � 200GB IDE Hard Drive > > � OS - Centos 5 (RHEL 5) > > � Bandwidth: 1000GB > > > > I would really appreciate any and all advice > > because, obviously, I'm > > in way over my head here but I really want to get my > > idea up and > > running because I think it will make a big > > difference to a lot of > > people. > > > > When I next get a free evening, I intend to work > > through the 21 Red5 > > video tutorials at flashextensions.com but, for now, > > you guys can let > > me know if I'm on roughly the right track. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Donnacha > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Red5 mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
