[General] Galary2 and streaming video.

[Burhan Khalid]

FFMPEG is not a streaming solution; its a library for video conversion. 
There is a project called ffserver which is for streaming, but I am sure 
this is not how gallery is using ffmpeg.

The cheapest way is to convert to FLV and use that with a flash video 
player (there are tons of free ones).

Regards,
Burhan

Sabah AL-Sabah wrote:
> I thought that FFMPEG module in Gallery will provide streaming server function! I may have been mislead!
> 
> As I said before, it seems that the work around is to convert the video file to FLV format and the flashvideo module in Gallery2 will take care of streaming.
> 
> Please prove me wrong!
> 
> 
>  
> Best Regards,
> ============================
> Eng. Sabah Al-Sabah
> General Manager
> Technical Systems Est.
> sabah at techsys.net
> www.techsys.net
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at oskw.org [mailto:general-bounces at oskw.org] On Behalf Of Burhan Khalid
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:39 AM
> To: General OpenSource Discussion
> Subject: Re: [General] Galary2 and streaming video.
> 
> In order to stream it, you need a streaming server; otherwise what will happen is that the browser will download the file in its cache, then launch it inside the browser using the plugin for the mime type (this is what is currently happening with your site).
> 
> On my machine, it takes a long time -- but eventually it plays in the browser and does not ask for the file to be downloaded; however it is by no means streaming. It is caching the entire file locally and then playing it.
> 
> If on your machine it is asking to download the file, you don't have the quicktime plugin installed -- or if you choose to use VLC, you don't have the mozilla vlc plugin installed.
> 
> Regards,
> Burhan
> 
> Sabah AL-Sabah wrote:
>> Dear Majed,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply,
>> I did what you suggested, and installed VLC and had it as the default 
>> player for MOV file in both Windows and firefox browser, but it still 
>> launches QuickTime and does not stream!!
>> Please try it from your side, the first two movies are MOV type (NON
>> Streamable) , please confirm weather you get then as a stream or as a 
>> download.
>>
>> Thanks
>>  
>> Best Regards,
>> ============================
>> Eng. Sabah Al-Sabah
>> General Manager
>> Technical Systems Est.
>> sabah at techsys.net
>> www.techsys.net
>> ============================
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: general-bounces at oskw.org [mailto:general-bounces at oskw.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Majed B.
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:38 PM
>> To: General OpenSource Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [General] Galary2 and streaming video.
>>
>> Usually, the format isn't the problem, but a palyer issue. Try 
>> downloading VLC and make it as your default player (or have the MOV 
>> extension assigned to it).
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2008 9:34 PM, Sabah AL-Sabah <sabah at techsys.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, I found a solution!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Convert MOV file to FLV using Free Riva FLV Encoder 2.0
>> http://www.rivavx.de/index.php?downloads0&L=3
>>>
>>> And upload the FLV files to Galary2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For some reason this works! But the thumbnail still broken!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> ============================
>>>
>>> Eng. Sabah Al-Sabah
>>>
>>> General Manager
>>>
>>> Technical Systems Est.
>>>
>>> sabah at techsys.net
>>>
>>> www.techsys.net
>>>
>>> ============================
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: general-bounces at oskw.org [mailto:general-bounces at oskw.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>> Of Sabah AL-Sabah
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:02 PM
>>> To: 'General OpenSource Discussion'
>>> Subject: [General] Galary2 and streaming video.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Guys,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been trying to make Galary2 stream video, but for some reason 
>>> when
>> I click on the video link it download the whole video and then start 
>> the Quicktime player.
>>> Even though I had FFMPEG installed and configured!!
>>>
>>> Does anyone know why it is not streaming?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can try it http://www.techsys.net/gallery2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> ============================
>>>
>>> Eng. Sabah Al-Sabah
>>>
>>> General Manager
>>>
>>> Technical Systems Est.
>>>
>>> sabah at techsys.net
>>>
>>> www.techsys.net
>>>
>>> ============================
>>>
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