Hello. Our client wants us to update their web application by adding video capabilities. It's kind of like YouTube, but with accounts and video privacy. It should be able to stream videos, both live and recorded.
Instead of developing a custom application, we just decided to get a out of the box application. It can be open source, but we're willing to try out licensed offerings. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what we can use?
The web application is in .Net 2.0 by the way.
Yep - the easiest way to do this in all honesty is with the Flash Media Server - or a compatible piece of software. You can then use a Flash/Flex application to utilize the media itself. There are several similar packages to the FMS which are compatible, though I can't pull a name out of my head tonight (Google will help you.)
This is pretty standard and you'll find a wealth of tutorials to help you online.
If you want to get started quickly in adding video, you can use the Nimbb Player, which does video recording via webcam and playback. The service is all hosted on their server, so you only need to worry to store the GUID (10 chars) of the recorded videos.
See documentation: http://nimbb.com/Help/Api.aspx
Service starts at $9/mo, though you can try it for free.