[aclug-L] Re: Streaming video/audio

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You won't be able to do streaming, then, unless there's some format that
doesn't require a server.  The way it will usually work is they download th
efile (.rm, .ra, .mp3, .mpg, .mov, .qt, whatever), THEN play it.

To do real streaming requires a server, too.  And while I know SouthWind
rand a realmedia server at one time for a radio station, they don't any
more... and if they were willing to do it again, you'd pay them a LOT of
money for it. :-)


On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 05:41:55PM -0600, Ryan Claycamp wrote:
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > RealMedia server is available for Linux--for a price.
> > 
> > Windows Media server is free--for Windows NT.
> > 
> > You could probably do some sort of streaming MP3s.  I believe both server
> > and client are available for Linux for free, but I'm unsure of names for
> > either.
> > 
> > Does xmms work as an MP3 streaming client?
> > 
> 
> If a movie is in a streaming format, do you have to be running a
> server?  I asked this because Southwind hosts our web page.  What format
> will be best to provide a movie to our customers, be available across
> all platforms, and work with Southwind as our provider?
> 
> Ryan
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> > On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 04:31:41PM -0600, Ryan Claycamp wrote:
> > > My company wants to add a video of one of our products to our web site.
> > > What is the best way to do this and make it so any platform can read
> > > it?  Is streaming video with the RealPlayer format the way to go?
> > >
> > > Ryan
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