[webcast-l] [ Media Server Dreams]

[Bill Best]

Mark Lawton wrote:

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> Does anyone want to dream along with us and suggest configurations to 
> die for in back office, and AV media streaming servers, with 
> considerable flexibility and upgradability integral as our (eventual) 
> maximum reach would be to a few thousand homes

it might be possible to use the VideoLAN streaming architecture:

http://www.videolan.org/streaming/

it would be worth taking a look at the Darwin streaming server:

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/

Ogg Theora isn't quite there yet and will undoubtedly suffer from 
maturity issues for some time after its release:

http://www.theora.org/

RealNetworks Helix Universal Server offers good platform support for 
video but of course is proprietary:

http://www.realnetworks.com/products/media_delivery.html

when is this project planned to go live?

regards

bill
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cma