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We are looking at Fluemotion, a server solution based on the gstreamer libraries. http://www.flumotion.net/ It is available in both free and commercial versions. Cary On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Madrigal, Juan A <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Bill, > > You would need three minimum components to get the job done. An asset management server for managing media and publishing, > a streaming server, and a web front end. Here are some to look into: > > STREAMING SERVERS > > Wowza Streaming Server > http://www.wowzamedia.com/ > > mod_h264 > http://h264.code-shop.com/trac > > Red5 > http://www.red5.org/ > > Mammoth > http://mammothserver.org/ > > Darwin Streaming Server (Quicktime) > http://dss.macosforge.org/ > > WEB FRONT END > > MediaCore CMS > http://mediacore.com/ > > ASSET MANAGEMENT/MEDIA DEPLOYMENT > > Final Cut Server<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=final+cut+server&aq=f> for a review/approval worflow and publishing video to your streaming serve if you can get your hands on it, along with Transmogrifier http://transmogrifier.sourceforge.net for enhanced publishing workflows > > Another option is TACTIC: http://www.southpawtech.com which I haven't used but you can attach scripts which can be used to publish files > > > For the video format/codec I would recommend H264 delivered via HTTP Adaptive Streaming. This will allow mobile streaming to smart phones and tablets and you could always wrap H264 video in Flash if necessary (FlowPlayer/JWPlayer) for the desktop. You could use Flash on the desktop to protect the stream or a token based authentication mechanism along with user based access controls. > > To handle a large amount of users or concurrent streams you would need to implement a load balancing server calls the video from the streaming server with the least load. > A cache server wouldn't be a bad idea either for popular videos. Another option is to use a CDN like AmazonS3 or Akamai on a case by case scenario. Say you are streaming a specific event and expect a heavy number of views for example. > > Hope this helps! > > Juan Madrigal > > Web Developer > Web and Emerging Technologies > University of Miami > Richter Library > > > On 7/7/11 5:05 PM, "William Helman" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > We are in the information gathering stage of a project to look at offering > streaming video course reserves for online/distance multimedia classes the > University of Baltimore offers. Think Netflix streaming for obsucure films > not on Netflix (such as digitized films from special collections, or > instructor personal copies). I was wondering if anyone out there has any > experience with this sort of thing? > > > We currently use Slingbox (http://www.slingmedia.com/), but this will not > scale to what our faculty have in mind. The most pressing needs (besides > system tools to help maintain fair use), are one that is reliable outside of > library hours and one that lets us upload our own content. > > > Our partner from campus IT is investigating http://www.kaltura.org/, anyone > have experience with it? > > > Thanks, and sorry for the cross post. > > > > -Bill Helman > > > > Integrated Digital Services Librarian - University of Baltimore Langsdale > Library > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> - ph. 410 837 4209 - http://whelman.com > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com