Video Streamming

Hi,
I am developing a website in PHP, the customer wants to add a video
streaming live on the net, do PHP have such functions which will enable
that ??

NurAzije <nurazije@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am developing a website in PHP, the customer wants to add a video
> streaming live on the net, do PHP have such functions which will enable
> that ??

Sounds cool, but what does the customer actually mean with "video
streaming live on the net".

Is there 1 live source (eg a camera) that needs to be sent synchronous
to multiple clients? Or is there a non realtime stored "movie" that
needs to be sent to clients in such way that they can playback during
download?

Last should be easy, first can't be done in php exlusively AFAIK (you
would need some piped reader that can multiplex to additional clients).

It is from a camera source, it is educational school website, some
lessons will be transmitted live to students, is there any idea, maybe
Java can help with some applet ?

NurAzije <nurazije@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is from a camera source, it is educational school website, some
> lessons will be transmitted live to students, is there any idea, maybe
> Java can help with some applet ?

Java can certainly do this on the serverside (without the need for an
applet). But a such a daemon might also be written in PHP:
http://www.zend.com/pecl/tutorials/sockets.php
(although I would do it in Java myself)

Intresting Topic.. Please contribut this to get good idea about this
topic for intermediate programmers..

sharma <sharma.chelluri@gmail.com> wrote:
> Intresting Topic.. Please contribut this to get good idea about this
> topic for intermediate programmers..

Like: http://tmp.tryba.nl/streaming/

Only thing I was missing was the daemon :)

"NurAzije" <nurazije@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> It is from a camera source, it is educational school website, some
> lessons will be transmitted live to students, is there any idea, maybe
> Java can help with some applet ?

I wonder if the school knows what they're asking for. Arranging a live web
event is quite a logistical challenge.

Live video is technically still beyond the reach of average users. For
something like need distance-learning you need decent resolution and
frame-rate. A blocky, postage stamp size video running at 1 fps with not
sound is obviously not going to be useful. You will probably need something
like a Real Helix server and a dedicated hardware encoder.

They will provide anything I need, they will use their own server also
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