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
>



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