Thanks, Anthony and Sean. Nice feedback. Do you guys know any good audio/vedio host? My boss just told me it would be a short term need, so it would be nice if we just pay some money and get someone hosted for us. Thanks! Jessica On Wed, 25 May 2005, Anthony Leung wrote: > 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
