Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 08:52:34 -0700 From: "J.C. Frazier" <wolfman@csocs.com> To: "Eric W. Bates" <ericx@vineyard.net> Cc: Stuart Henderson <sh@eclipse.net.uk>, jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Media streaming server Message-ID: <384695C2.AEB13573@csocs.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991130164447.7260C-100000@ns2.jjsoft.com> <19991130233743.C25F71339E@naiad.eclipse.net.uk> <199912021457.JAA06092@apache.vineyard.net>
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I've had the same type of problems with realplayer. I am running an icecast daemon at the moment and it does extremely well. The only problem is that there aren't any good non-commercial codecs so you end up broadcasting at extreme rates making it near impossible for users on dial-ups to listen without a ton of skips. What I've found to be the best way to go is this: use the icecast server on your fbsd box, then broadcast from a windows box via winamp using the shoutcast plugin and the Fraunhofer codecs. These codecs are also commercial, however there is a way around it. Microsoft offers a free program called nstools, which comes with these needed codecs. Once you do that you can set it up to broadcast at better bitrates, saving on bandwidth and making it possible for almost anyone to listen. Mine is set up to broadcast at 18kbps, 16,000 khz, mono...which is equivalent of a 2kb/s ftp download. Almost anyone on any connection can sustain that and the quality is still bearable. Also, using icecast you can broadcast other people's streams and others can relay yours. That makes the daemon very versatile. Using the shoutcast plugins and better codecs you can also set winamp up to do live broadcasts or broadcast from CD's or line inputs. If you do the above you can save on bandwidth, have a good audio server running, and do it all free. Beware however of copyright laws in your local area. Broadcasting copywritten music can have many legal issues. J.C. Frazier "Eric W. Bates" wrote: > > From: Stuart Henderson <sh@eclipse.net.uk> > > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 23:37:43 +0000 (GMT) > > > > > What is the best media streaming server for Freebsd. > > > > Probably RealServer, since it negotiates with clients for connection > > speed and so on. On the downside, it does work out rather expensive for > > licensing. On the upside, native FreeBSD binaries are available. > > > > I had good luck with the RealServer, but could not get the encoder to > work. Real refuses to make the older version (5.mumble) available for > licensing and the G2 (version 6.mumble), called RealProducer, is not > available for FreeBSD. I could not get the Linux version to run even > after applying the patch for glibc2. (memory fades, but I believe it > was complaining of missing libraries) > > Anyone successfully running the encoder? > > -- > Eric W. Bates > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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