Could you suggest a good media streaming server for mobile phone clients?

Question

I am looking for an open source media streaming server.

It should have an API. I want to be able to stream videos to a mobile phones. Could you tell me the relative advantages and disadvantages of the software. Currently I am experimenting with red5

Answer 1

Using Darwin Streaming Server and VLC you should be able to get a quite powerful streaming solution. Probably not the easiest solution to setup but you should be able to achieve almost everything you need.

Regards,

Answer 2

If you can limit your clients to using ASX, I know that Microsoft has a Media streaming server, I have no idea how reliable it is. I know it exists.