streaming help

[gavo]

Hello I am In a problem. I am editing a video that has a deadline of tomorrow and I need to find out how I can stream directly of a http. I tryed to make a .ram of a .rm. I havent been successful at all useing .rmvb. If anyone could help me with real streaming or any other codec if the situation gets worse I very much apperate it. Thanx you very much for puting your effort in reading this. I understand that you gurus sometimes can't be brother to waste time on noobs but this is very important to me and I apperate anything you can suggest thank you.

[Sirber]

Load the stream via MPC or RealPlayer with the http url. It will work.

[karl_lillevold]

gavo: you need a Real or Helix server to stream RealMedia. Is that what you are trying?

[Sirber]

Originally posted by gavo
I need to find out how I can stream directly of a http.Maybe a server would be better though.

[gavo]

Ok thanx but what about a guide for setting up a server and does my pc have to be on, when the server on. Could someone host a small file for me. Say 8 mb . stream of 2 minutures.

[karl_lillevold]

I am afraid I don't know much about running a streaming server. However, you can take a look at the Helix Server project: https://helix-server.helixcommunity.org/ There is a forum there to discuss Helix Server administration.

Maybe I will try it out on my Linux server at home one day. Could be interesting.

[gavo]

I know this is off topic but I found wmv at cbr to stream on default on http. Any other codec that can do that:confused:

[Sirber]

Depends on the container. RMVB can while AVI can't. MOV can.

[karl_lillevold]

Originally posted by gavo
I know this is off topic but I found wmv at cbr to stream on default on http. Any other codec that can do that:confused:
This sounds like "play while downloading", which is a player feature, and not really streaming.

[karl_lillevold]

Originally posted by karl_lillevold
This sounds like "play while downloading", which is a player feature, and not really streaming.
Oh, and this works just fine in the latest RealPlayer 10.5. It can "stream" (= play while downloading) RM files from my web server without any problems. I just open the http link to the file directly in the player. If I open the link by clicking on the link to the file in the browser, it may not work, since the browser may decide to download the file before passing it to the player. It neither works in Firefox nor IE, which both unfortunately want to download the entire file first. Silly... So just remember to open the http link to the RM file directly in RealPlayer (Copy the link into the File->Open dialog box)

[Sirber]

This is what most people call "streaming", since in old times we had to download it fully, then watch.

[karl_lillevold]

Actually, it turns out RealPlayer has an option in Tools->Preferences->Playback Settings called "Instantly play web-page media links instead of downloading them". This is OFF by default (I don't know why). Turn this ON. This makes play-while-download clicks on RM files work in IE, but not Firefox. This is good to know!

[gavo]

isn't streaming and play by downloading the same thing? I thinking of just embedded real player into the website, can u embedd vbr real to strea,?