I really should avoid keyboards on Friday...

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Soyyr, that was Flumotion...
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 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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>> Cary Gordon
>> The Cherry Hill Company
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> Cary Gordon
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