[webproducers] Re: Webcam server hosting?

  • From: "Michael Cervieri" <michael.cervieri@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:07:11 -0400

we use limelight for our live webcasts. we display the feed through an
app the sits on flash communications servers but that's just cause we
need the ability to include chat, slide displays, etc.

if you just need the video, limelight has off the shelf players you can use.

michael

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Amanda Meffert <amandam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
> You might want to check into third-party cacheing companies... I
> believe Limelight is specifically optimized to handle video traffic.
> Akamai and Panther are two other CDNs you may want to check into.
>
> Best,
> amanda
>
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> On Jun 26, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Ryan Champagne wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I just got a request to do some online streaming video for a
>> website. There
>> will be about 20 cameras all streaming content and the site will
>> need to be
>> able to handle at least 500 users simultaneously viewing the content.
>> Bandwidth and video quality issues aside, are there any services
>> out there
>> that can host such content? I would rather direct such demands
>> (especially
>> as the traffic increases) to a third party rather than trying
>> maintain the
>> hardware and network infrastructure.
>>
>> Question numero dos... Are there any secure streaming video
>> services out
>> there?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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