thanks for your help. the design is ready and we're working on the web application.
the reason I'm asking about counting impressions and inserting ads is because to the best of my understanding, this has to be done using the streaming server, and cannot be done solely by the web application. and since I have to choose which server to use, I wanted to know if red5 can easily offer me these basic requirements. You're not rude - I'm not a tech guy and as such, lack the precision and lingo in my questions. But I still need to assist my programmers in choosing the right server, and your help here is mostly appreciated. I'll repeat my example with impression counting - say someone syndicates the video and shows it on his blog page (my entire webpage is not served from my web server, only the video itself). In this case I'll also have to count the impression. Isn't it the streaming server's job rather than my web server's? Anyway, I don't want to blab here senselessly. Shall I understand from your response that these features are supported and trivial? Or are my questions not specific enough? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Storm Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Red5] New video sharing website; A few questions about RED5's ability to match our needs On 4/23/07, Matan Offer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: guys, thanks a lot for the replies. I think that my demands from the application are quite basic, and I understand from you that they should be answered on the client side? No, no, i meant that some of your requirements should be implemented by your app, it can be server side (you know, Java coded server/side red5 application). I thought that if we're using streaming, the client side only handles the way video is displayed on the screen (control buttons and their implementation etc) and not the content itself. that's why I was asking about integrating ads. To continue Storm (steve's) replies: 2. re counting impressions - yeah, I want to get stats info which is then forwarded to the site's clients - they should see how many impressions they've had- since we'll charge for impressions it should be critical. 3. change on the fly - Say someone syndicates the specific page to his own site and users view the video 30 days after a campaign I made finished. this means that the same video should be followed or preceeded by a different ad, that I choose on the server side rather than on the client. In other words, the same videos should feature different ads over time, without re-enconding them. in other words, the Flash client should get different info from the streaming server. no? am I wrong? Impressions/views, ads to be shown... all of that could go on the database you'd be using for your web application (where you will insert the video player). I don't want to be rude but i think that you've got a bussiness idea but haven't taken the time to do a propper design. What you want/need to do can be done in many different ways, it just deppends on what you've got (hw, people, money, time). Cheers On 4/23/07, Steven Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/23/07, Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: 1. Real-times ads: Insert video ads at the beginning, middle or end of each video (without pre-enconding the FLV). Beginning and end shouldn't be a problem, you just play a playlist instead of a single video. The middle part could be an issue since you do not want to preencode, i don't understand how you want to do that...but perhaps you need to stop the video, show your add on top and then restart the original... But anyway this is more a matter of your app logic than red5 capabilities. For the ads clip in the middle, you can use play(someflv, 0, length) and play(someflv, length, length_from_middle_to_end) to plug it in. 2. Count video and advertisement impressions. You....just...count....them... ? 3. Ability to change ads on-the-fly for all videos from a centralized ads management location. Again this looks like a matter of your own app design/implementation, not something I'd ask a server/framework to do for me. With red5 you've got a streaming/VOD server (and a few more things) how you use it is up to you. Cheers carlos On 4/23/07, Matan Offer < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: I'm resubmitting my question from 4 days ago; I hope it's not forbidden.. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matan Offer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 19, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: We're setting up a new video sharing website. A few questions about RED5's ability to match our needs To: [email protected] Hello everyone. I represent a group that is currently developing a new video sharing website. We have the following requirements for video broadcasting: Advertising : 1. Real-times ads: Insert video ads at the beginning, middle or end of each video (without pre-enconding the FLV). 2. Count video and advertisement impressions. 3. Ability to change ads on-the-fly for all videos from a centralized ads management location. Does RED5 provide me with these capabilities? Any additional information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. 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