[linux-dvb] Re: OT: Streaming Media

["Andy Coates" <andy@bribed.net>]

> On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 10:54:28PM -0000, Andy Coates wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > Has anyone ever setup a system that can stream piped data (like say
> > dvbstream -> transcode ->) to a server for distribution?  I'm not
> > after multicasting (for now), just a simple solution that clients on
> > any platform can read the stream from my server.
> 
> This sort of thing is pretty straightforward with the 
> ffserver as part 
> of the ffmpeg package. Specifically, there's a 'streaming plugin' for 
> the (in)famous VDR to allow the current channel (or another 
> channel) to 
> be sent to the ffserver, and from there sent on to whoever 
> asks for it 

I tried ffserver with a sample mpeg2 file, and it either couldn't decode
fast enough or encode fast enough.  All the files I streamed were just
jerky, as if it couldn't keep up :(

Ideal application though - perfect for the situation.

Andy.



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