RE: Streaming server?

["Michal Krsek" <michal.krsek@xxxxxxxxx>]

Frankly speaking (experience with running about 40 streaming servers):
please note that codecs that are being currently supported by red5 are real
piece of s**t.

If you really want to run some streaming server, focus to servers that
supports H.264 AVC or VC-1 codecs. 

So use of Wowza/Adobe FMS for H.264 AVC embedded in flash, Mac Darwin for Qt
or Helix for H.264 or Windows Media streaming server for VC-1 are the only
real real possibilities. Red5 shall be taken on board when it starts to
support H.264. 

BTW forget for Flash and HD in current version of flash and current
computers (HD runs perfectly on my machine equipped with eight processor
cores - but for dual core).

			Regards
				Michal
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vrrd-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:vrrd-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> mketterl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:39 PM
> To: Andras Kovacs
> Cc: tf-ecs; vrrd@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [vrrd] Streaming server?
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> we made good experience with the open source based red5 
> streaming server here at the University of Osnabrück.
> 
> HD will be included in the 0.9 version of the red5 server.
> Demo is available:
> http://s1blue2.waltertak.com:15080/demos/
> 
> We´re using it since version 0.6.3 and the server runs very relaibale.
> We´re streaming around 1000h a week of flash web lecture 
> recording video.
> 
> I believe it´s worth to give it a try.
> 
> Best wishes from Osnabrück
> Markus Ketterl
> 
> University of Osnabrück
> Zentrum virtUOS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> > Recently, I've been involved in a university project where a grand 
> > lecture hall would be streaming enabled.
> >
> > I wonder what streaming server is the most effective (performance,
> > maintenance) to use in such a project. It is a requirement to 
> > broadcast in quality up to HD. Archive provisioning is also 
> required.
> >
> > The biggest question is whether to move towards flash or 
> stick to some 
> > ordinaty solution.
> >
> > I'd be very grateful if you could point me to some good streaming 
> > servers with some report on your usage experiences including the 
> > workflow of content production.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Andras Kovacs
> > NIIF/HUNGARNET
> >
> >