Video through web Arun Vijayan Project Lead

Few options Darwin Streaming Server - QuickTime Flash Video – Flash Media Server / Open source Windows 2003 Streaming Server Real Helix Streaming Server

Darwin Streaming Server - QuickTime

Flash Video – Flash Media Server / Open source

Windows 2003 Streaming Server

Real Helix Streaming Server

Optimum Solution - Flash No player download (for 98% crowd) Premium media quality More control over the system Supports different bandwidth channels Full support for FLV / MP3 formats Server Platform – Linux / Windows Client Platform – Windows/Linux/Mac/Solaris

No player download (for 98% crowd)

Premium media quality

More control over the system

Supports different bandwidth channels

Full support for FLV / MP3 formats

Server Platform – Linux / Windows

Client Platform – Windows/Linux/Mac/Solaris

Flash – Media Delivery Real Streaming Requires a streaming server Very efficient and bandwidth conscious Complex setup Progressive download Just require a normal web server and a flash media player Easy to setup Inefficient

Real Streaming

Requires a streaming server

Very efficient and bandwidth conscious

Complex setup

Progressive download

Just require a normal web server and a flash media player

Easy to setup

Inefficient

Flash – Commercial Solution Flash Media Server 2 + On 2 VP6 (streaming) Very efficient Superior Quality Lowest bandwidth usage Expensive - $5000 for 100 streams

Flash Media Server 2 + On 2 VP6 (streaming)

Very efficient

Superior Quality

Lowest bandwidth usage

Expensive - $5000 for 100 streams

Flash – Open Source Solution FFMpeg + flv2tool + Flash Media player (progressive download) Free Easy to setup More dependencies Creates bigger files

FFMpeg + flv2tool + Flash Media player (progressive download)

Free

Easy to setup

More dependencies

Creates bigger files

Fash Streaming – More options Red 5 – Open source Flash Streaming Server Media CDNs - e.g. Limelight Networks

Red 5 – Open source Flash Streaming Server

Media CDNs - e.g. Limelight Networks

References http://www.slideshare.net/pradeepbv/yourtube http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flashmediaserver http://www.on2.com/ http://www.mediacollege.com/flash/streaming/ http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml?articleID=177103372&pgno=6

http://www.slideshare.net/pradeepbv/yourtube

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flashmediaserver

http://www.on2.com/

http://www.mediacollege.com/flash/streaming/

http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml?articleID=177103372&pgno=6