On Saturday 21 March 2009 10:54:09 Kent West wrote: > Do I understand that there's no pre-packaged Debian solution for > streaming videos from the Debian/apache box to other clients, similar to > how YouTube streams videos? > > I found Icecast, but the official site indicated it's an audio streamer > only, although I saw a reference or two elsewhere about it possibly > streaming theora files. (Which would work, if I can convert my > Mac-generated .mp4 file into theora. (I only used the Mac for its iMovie > app; openmovieeditor crashed on me, and seemed ... "weak".)) > > I also found Apple's Darwin, but that just seems .., tainted ,.. > somehow, and I'm not sure it would work anyway. > > So, what's the solution for setting up my own Youtube-like service on my > Debian box? I've never done it myself, but I understand that "ffmpeg" is the streaming server of choice for open-source applications, and that it's good for both live feeds like a webcam, and archived content like YouTube.
<http://www.oav.net/mirrors/video-streaming-servers.html> It's also packaged for lenny, and probably others. If you want non-open formats, you might have to get codecs from debian-multimedia, they won't be in the main repos. -- A. -- Andrew Reid / rei...@bellatlantic.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
