There is a free streaming solutions when it comes to linux that is widely accepted. Helix as Sean was saying has a large licensing cost. There is always the alternative of using Darwin which is free and will stream vod and live content. Flash Communication server is another option, but that is also a heavy hit when it comes to licensing. FYI Helix is not supported on new generations of Linux yet you should be safe running it on 2.4.21-4.EL. FCS 1.5 is also only supported to RHEL 3 currently I believe. If your thinking of streaming for a business and need a fast turn around it might be wiser for you to look at CDN. Anthony Leung Senior Unix Administrator Nine Systems Corp www.ninesystems.com -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean O Sullivan Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:08 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: streaming audio/video on linux Jessica Zhu wrote: >Hi, > >We need to set up a streaming audio/video server on linux. > >There are two kernel versions here. One is old 2.2.24-7.0.3enterprise and >another is 2.4.21-4.EL. Could anyone recommend a good package(audio, >video, or both)? > >I did some search myself. It seemed that a lot people use >realplayer(audio/video), aumix(audio). I need to set up a server within >two days. So instead of doing a lot of investigation myself, I'd like to >hear the opinion from experienced people here. > >Thanks in advance for any input. > >Jessica > would say it depends very much on how much you've to spend. Real is probably one of the best I have used, however, it comes with the huge downside of license costs. The older real server, now replaced by Helix Universal server streams about any format (real, wm, flash (upto 4), and quicktime), and works very well (hell of a lot nicer/better than WM in my experience). Downside is license costs are quite high, so if it's company/corporate venture, I'd suggest Real most defintely. Regards, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
