video-streaming

Does simplecdn, rackspace cloud file or other pay as you go CDN support Flash pseudo streaming?

simplecdn supports rtmp streaming... cloud files says progressive download... But are they pseudo stream? ie. seek to middle of file and start streaming from there. ...

How do you handle live video streaming in Flash AS3?

I've been dabbling with socket servers in Java and now I'm ready to get my feet wet with an idea I had. I would like to use python for my socket server and obviously AS3 for my client. I'm able to create a full chat using my own python socket server but I'm almost clueless what to do now that I want to add in LIVE video (want to make i...

Re-publish video stream as streaming FLV

A client of ours has a mobile web cam placed in a forest that is streaming video on a public IP address. Since the web cam has a limited bandwidth (and it is streaming with a format that often requires clients to install a codec), the stream needs to be re-broadcast by a server on a landline, preferably as streaming FLV. What components...

Video conferencing solutions

If you were asked to offer a multi-site video conferencing solution, where quality is more important than price, what would you offer? With my current knowledge I can offer just two things: 1) Use hardware codecs for pears and make one server MCU. (This way I offer just intallation and configuration of the hardware) 2) Use PC for each pe...

Video conversation with asp.net

Hi, Am looking if there is a way of getting started with Video Conversation in an Asp.Net Website . I was looking into the questions here but i couldn't fin what am looking for. Thanks in advance. ...

DirectShow Editing Services on multiple machines in parallel?

Is it in any way possible to process at least 1 DShow video project on multiple machines in parallel at the same time for faster rendering or just for fun? In any language? With help of any program? ...

How to display a video stream from an IP address in a webpage?

I have been given a network IP address. In the format of http://192.168.1.15 When I enter this address into VLC Player, it streams fine. The stream itself is a DVB/MPEG TS stream transcoded to MP4. What steps do I need to take to display this in a webpage? ...

C# video input routines

Can someone point me towards a good article or tutorial on how to access TV tuner and/or web cams from C#? I looked everywhere and can't seem to find anything relevant. Thanks ...

Know current video buffer status

hi every one . I have a problem to accessing current buffer status in my web page. I am trying to made embed video player and also want to put one GIF image till video is not fully loaded . so , i want to know current stream status is it loaded or not. thanks in advance. ...

Playing Quicktime video on iPhone using HttpHandler and IIS 5.1

I'm trying to stream QuickTime video to an iPhone from an ASP.NET web application using an HttpHandler. When hosting the web application from IIS 5.1 (Windows XP), the video player opens and then displays the error 'The server is not correctly configured'. However, when using IIS 7.5 (Windows 7), the video plays fine. The production e...

Streaming Media Authentication in PHP

We are adding streamed media to our website using a third-party service. The basic workflow is intended to go something like this: User logs into our site User clicks a link to load a streamed podcast / video. The link points to a PHP script that verifies that this user has access to the requested resource. The php script exits and th...

Feasibility of beating the Turing Test with modern software?

I ask this academically, I want to ask aloud a very important question and have the community try to answer it. Can we build a system that generates a scene to play out along a live anonymous group video chatroom that can read the text typed at it and respond with a chatbot? Live Internet video is often blurry and has low resolution. ...

Red5 streaming video breaks the seek-bar in my video player

Hi I have a simple video player (build with the FLVPlayback component in Actionscript 3). If I stream RTMP video through Red5 I lose the ability to control the video, although it does play. The seek bar is just forever 'revolving' and stop doesn't work. I also get an error message about an SSL certificate from localhost:localdomain - whi...

Loading secret FLV files from Amazon S3

I'm starting a new project that involves users paying to see educational videos. These videos (FLV) are hosted with Amazon S3 while the site itself is hosted on a regular web host. I've tried to read up on securing the S3 files, and can't find any good solution for this. I don't want my users to download the videos directly. I read som...

Play video files as stream on a Windows Mobile Forms application

Hi! I'm developing a Windows Form application to run on Windows Mobile 5.0 and above, with C#, .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP2 and Sql Server CE 3.1. I'm using Sql Server CE to store video files, and an ActiveX Control of Windows Media player (AxWindowsMediaPlayer) to play the file. I wondering if it is possible to play with this contro...

self-created FLV player does not play videos on production server or other machines

Hi, I created a flash video player using Flash CS3. I exported the player to html and it works fine on my PC. The problem is that it does not play on other machines. It also does not play when the page is opened from our website (web server is on a different machine, hosted), even when using my computer. What could possibly be wrong? ...

Recording and playback of multiple video streams?

I am planning an implementation for a lecture capture solution for a local university. It is supposed to record all aspects of the lecture: the presenter will be recorded using videocamera + mic, his desktop activity is captured and optionally the whiteboard is captured as well (using Mimio). These input streams arrive (as video streams)...

gotoAndPlay(1) when a video is completed

I am trying to create a video that can be streamed on a website. The video started with a screen grab of the video on frame one. This has the action on stop();. When this screengrab is clicked, gotoAndStop(2); is fired and the timeline moves to frame 2 and the video starts to stream. All is well... Except from when the video finishes... ...

How to decode H264 stream?

Hi there. I have connected to a DVR system which is serving up a continuous live feed from CCTV camera. I am fairly sure the format is H264 (the first 4 bytes are 4HKH). I would like to know how I can read the stream and get images from it for playback. I am currently coding in C# and then I want to move across to the iPhone. I have to u...

Setting up an IP Camera with silverlight

I am trying to set up an IP camera and have it work through Silverlight I am using both Microsoft Expression and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. I am able to do encoding with a usb connected web cam but I cannot find a way to use the encoder to connect to ip camera connected to our switch. Does anyone have experience setting up an ip camer...