Information on Streaming Video Hosting
FFMPEG is the best, highest quality way to convert videos on Linux. Convert any video file format, including quicktime .mov, flash .flv files, open source .ogv, .mp4, .wmv, .asf and more.
However, most of the time, it requires a command line.
This can be avoided by installing a GUI graphical user interface for FFMPEG.
demo of how to publish a local FLV file to a remote RTMP server (in this case Red5) using Flazr – you can get help on the command line options for the “client” executable by typing “client -help”
Chuck Freedman presents during FITC Toronto 2009.
Demonstration the RED5 installation proccess
A technical demonstration of a motion sensing surveillance system made using Adobe Flash and the Red5 media server. The system records video when motion is detected and includes a USB light indicator.
How to create a Red5 Application
I’m posting my questions about Red5. Hopefully someone can answer them for me.
1) How do I delete a target runtime?
2) How do I delete a runtime configuration?
3) Should I uninstall Red5 from my development computer?
4) Did I need to install ANT?
Create Flash Client app (swf) to access Red5 server app.
HERE IS THE CODE:
import flash.net.NetConnection;
import flash.net.Responder;
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(“rtmp://localhost/testapp”);
nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netConnectionHandler);
nc.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
var nr:Responder = new Responder(netResponderHandler);
nc.call(“add”, nr, 2, 3);
function netConnectionHandler(evt:NetStatusEvent)
{
trace(“status: ” + evt.info.code);
}
function securityErrorHandler(evt:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
trace(“securityErrorHandler: ” + evt);
}
function netResponderHandler(serverResult:Object)
{
trace(“The result is ” + serverResult);
}
See here for a brief introduction to Red5, and how to install some cool demonstration applications.
In the last three years some hosting companies have started to offer ffmpeg on some of their hosting plans. Although offering ffmpeg and related libraries means high quality servers and availability of large bandwidth the quality of the new servers available means that it is now possible to offer it.
This trend is due that ffmpeg hosting is a necessary component for video streaming, and it has become popular on community sites, users spend hours watching video chat type sites which offer 2 way video chat or conference video.
The software’s on this servers offering red5 hosting are essentially ffmpeg, Mencoder, Mplayer, Libvorbis and Lame MP3 Encoder. With ffmpeg hosting the users are also bestowed with quick, near perfect and secure conversion of their video files to flv format which is then show on the browser with no need to upload anything on your computer.