Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:38:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wodfer@gmail.com Subject: Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200710231338.l9NDcUjn033292@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <23ed14b80710230201meeb78f4o938af99ad827e097@mail.gmail.com>
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Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: > I'm looking for a way to stream live video on FreeBSD (streamingserver and > encoder or either). > > I have previously used Windows Media Server and Encoder quite a lot, but I > try to run as much as possible on FreeBSD. My question would be, is there > a streaming server and possibly an encoder available for FreeBSD that will > stream live video that is compatible with most mediaplayers (for Windows, > Mac and Linux desktops)? > > Any help or directions are very much appreciated. ffmpeg and vlc come to mind. Both can be used as streaming servers, and ffmpeg has pretty good encoding capabilities. Other than that, I suggest you use a Ports search engine. For example, this should give you a few results to play with: http://www.secnetix.de/tools/porgle/?w=ncd&q=video+stream+server Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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