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#1 sash_oo7

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Posted 20 April 2011 - 01:42 AM

Hello friends,
Just wondering is flash media server the best alternative for streaming videos or are there any open source out there to use?

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Posted 20 April 2011 - 01:49 PM

Hi,

You could have a look at Wowza Media Server, it's cheaper than Flash Media Server -

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Posted 28 April 2011 - 11:13 AM

I know this is a few days old and you've been pointed to Wowza, but I'd still go for FMS as its more mature; WOWZA is one to watch though; its pretty darn good but FMS (particularly 4) is very powerful and I believe you can stream HTTP and to mobiles such as iPhone now.

The comparison on WOWZA is out of date (comparing to FMS 3.5; the give away there is "no 64 bit support on FMS"; well FMS4 does have 64 bit support as I use the 64 bit version).

But I guess it depends on what you want to do with it.

This could be useful:
http://www.adobe.com...server/compare/
http://www.wowzamedia.com/specs.html

That gives the feature lists which arent skewed as a selective comparison against another product.

This post has been edited by FizixRichard: 28 April 2011 - 11:19 AM