Hi there, What are possible solutions for offering streamed resources on a Zope site? I was thinking of running Zope behind Apache and get some other product to handle the streamed content. That way Zope serves content the usual way and the links to the streamed content points to the streaming media server software (all behind Apache, so it "looks" like it is coming from the same site). Does this solution sound viable, and are there any suggestions on the software to use as the streaming server - preferably Linux, not too expensive and something that streams a well known format and which can work with Apache. Any suggestions? Thanks Etienne
Etienne Labuschagne wrote:
What are possible solutions for offering streamed resources on a Zope site?
I was thinking of running Zope behind Apache and get some other product to handle the streamed content. That way Zope serves content the usual way and the links to the streamed content points to the streaming media server software (all behind Apache, so it "looks" like it is coming from the same site).
Does this solution sound viable, and are there any suggestions on the software to use as the streaming server - preferably Linux, not too expensive and something that streams a well known format and which can work with Apache.
That sounds about right. Usually streaming stuff requires its own server. Streaming MPEG is really easy, and client support is fantastic. I think IceCast is canonical for this (apparently it now also does Ogg Vorbis). I saw a HOWTO a while back about some LUG (in Florida, I think) that used this to stream their meetings. Perhaps it was linked from Slashdot. Real also seems to have open-sourced some part of their server software. Helix, I think. --jcc -- "My point and period will be throughly wrought, Or well or ill, as this day's battle's fought."
Etienne Labuschagne wrote at 2003-11-26 06:59 +0200:
... I was thinking of running Zope behind Apache and get some other product to handle the streamed content. That way Zope serves content the usual way and the links to the streamed content points to the streaming media server software (all behind Apache, so it "looks" like it is coming from the same site).
Does this solution sound viable,
Sounds good.
and are there any suggestions on the software to use as the streaming server - preferably Linux, not too expensive and something that streams a well known format and which can work with Apache.
Quite some time ago, I read an article (in "IEEE Computer" or "Communications of the ACM") about streaming servers. The article claimed there were only too wide spread solutions: one was "Realaudio/Video", I forgot the other. However, I remember that some frequent Zope poster worked with streaming media. Searching the archive may bring up name and email address ;-) -- Dieter
Look into "My Media Manager" on Zope.org. I meant to do that for a while now, but never got around to setting it up and giving it a try. From what I understand, it is a Zope interface to manage and publish media files (from media servers to begin with). Don't know what it works with. Yves Moisan Dieter Maurer wrote:
Etienne Labuschagne wrote at 2003-11-26 06:59 +0200:
... I was thinking of running Zope behind Apache and get some other product to handle the streamed content. That way Zope serves content the usual way and the links to the streamed content points to the streaming media server software (all behind Apache, so it "looks" like it is coming from the same site).
Does this solution sound viable,
Sounds good.
and are there any suggestions on the software to use as the streaming server - preferably Linux, not too expensive and something that streams a well known format and which can work with Apache.
Quite some time ago, I read an article (in "IEEE Computer" or "Communications of the ACM") about streaming servers. The article claimed there were only too wide spread solutions: one was "Realaudio/Video", I forgot the other.
However, I remember that some frequent Zope poster worked with streaming media. Searching the archive may bring up name and email address ;-)
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