Jodie Reynolds wrote: > > ffserver in the ffmpeg package does a fine job at sending Real Video, Motion > JPEG, h.263, MPEG1, AC/3, MPEG audio layer 2, etc. It's simply the fastest, > most solid video encoder I've _ever_ seen run on any platform, anywhere. > > The DivX/ASF streaming doesn't work for me (the author notes it's not > finished), and my plan is to send him an email today offering to help with > that. It's command-line based (CHEER! Can you say embedded streaming > appliance?) at present, and on my local gigaether, I can run 2000 > mixed-platform RV clients from a single RH 6.2 933 PIII with 256M. Which is > also encoding two different streams from two video cards.(!) If that's not > enough, it offers a "Master/Slave" option. So you can run the server on a > high-bandwidth machine and stream a single connection from a slave (say from > a DSL remote capture to a DS3 client server), ala an MS Encoder/Media Server > arrangement. > > At present, it appears to support http protocol, internally, AWESOMELY well. > > I'd also offer to add multicast support to SDR and transport over RTP/RTSP > with OpenDivX SR-RTP and Congestion Manager. > > The machine next to me has been streaming RV to two machines for 42hrs, > without X running, and with a load average of 0.90... Let's see RV Server > claim that! > > The author points out that he would like to put a GUI on it. I think a web > gui internally would be neat, but would like to see him keep it light and > fast like it is, and remotely manageable. With its internal webserver, it > crys out for a simple web configuration tool (again, thinking embedded > appliance) that can be run from anywhere. > > This is DEFINITELY a package to keep your eye on for streaming video. > > --- Jodie Reynolds > Chief Technology Officer > Interact Devices, Inc. > > (Now that I find (thank you James) the sourceforge page, I see he > acknowledges the features I'd like to see added. Nifty! Now to go > volunteer....) Wow. Information overload! I'm on my way... Chris Kloiber
