I have a website, where i provide streaming videos. Recently i read somewhere that, streaming video or audio files increases server load a loot. Is providing direct download to files is a better option than streaming videos? Please let me know.
View 14 RepliesI have a website which has a FLV player serving .flv files which are hosted in the server. I notice that some users are directly downloading the files using the direct URL and they seem to be using download managers for that which is opening several Apache connections and open slows down Apache. I want to prevent this. I thought of preventing it using a .htaccess file but did not help. This is what I used:
<Files *>
order allow,deny
allow from 127.0.0.1
allow from localhost
deny from all
</Files>
I thought this would work but it doesn't as it is blocking the FLV player from playing the file. Can anyone tell me the right way to do it?
I have an server linux OS CentOS 5.2 and using firewall CSF. and need question.
how to limit download theart ( limit connecting when download files ) EX : 4 connecting or 8 or 16 connecting ( my Guest using soft Internet Download Manager ).
For example, my website [url]and Direct links are: [url]. how to limit theart (Connecting) when Guest download which and using soft internetdownloadmanager, flasget.
An interesting question recently came up during a discussion which I wasn't too sure of the answers / replies being discussed - perhaps some members may be kind enough to enlighten me on.
The question is: What would the preferred / best practice be for a website wanting to stream audio (say some sort of music they have created) be?
A) Stream it from their own dedicated server (any advantages / downsides)? (assuming bandwidth is unmetered @ 100Mbps)
B) Stream it through a streaming media provider (any advantages / downsides)?
C) Make it availalbe as a download as opposed to streaming it from their own server?
Now, the issue is that the content is commercial - i.e. users wanting to download / listen to it would need to pay a fee - i'm not sure if streaming providers would handle payment processing, etc?
Any finally, assume the delivery platform to be a LAMP environment.
Just been thinking and currently i host all my services with other hosting companies like my web hosting accounts etc...but was thinking of buying a DA licence and installing it onto one of my linux servers.
On DA's website it says one licence per IP or something along them lines...does this mean if i was to install a licence on say 99.99.99.999 and it was working ok etc but then if i changed my IP range to 99.99.99.998 would that mean the DA licence would no longer be valid?
This topic has probably been covered many times. I am trying to block spam bots from direclty accessing scripts on my site. Measures I have taken thus far, also block my site pages that want are designed to use the scripts. This includes Hot Link Protection and a couple of directives in the .htaccess file.
how I can block direct access to my scripts?
I have a 2003 SBS server with about 50 users on exchange. It is a standalone DC - all the users connect with 'profiles' and 'docs' on the server and use exchange thru outlook..when they leave the office they VPN in and exchange works like a charm.
Problem is for a quick setup I've used the POP 3 connector and kept the emails hosted on my server - I want to get rid of the POP3 connector setup altogether and have mail delivered directly to the server.
Can someone give me a walk thru of steps to do this - so far I have fgured out that I have to add the domain to the recipient policy - configure it properly and then setup each user to receive email for that username and it will just work....
I want to be sure and was hoping that someone who has done the same thing could point me to an accurate tutorial of sorts.
When I restart my server all my domains opens at apache test page. Suspending and reactivating any domain fixes all domains.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm looking for a streaming server to stream a few flv videos, some mp3s, 3gp, mpg, mp4. If we can get this with a single host it would be really helpful.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am thinking of streaming something to the internet and i will be streaming it through MMS through Windows Server 2003.
The streaming rate will be around 500-600 (Good Quality)
I want to know if i have 1000 people watching at the same time, what kind of server and bandwidth do i need so they dont experiance any buffering/slowness/downtime at all?
Is this server enough for what i want to do:
Dual core ATOM 330 CPU
2GB RAM
100mbit Unmetered Bandwidth
FDCServers.
I have mp3 streaming website hosted on VPS from WiredTree
after a down time more than 12 hours I decided to move from them
My mp3 files size APPROXIMATELY around 60 GB
for good fully managed Dedicated server that meets my requirements
Anyone know of some good server load testers ( commercial )?
Im not looking for application based load testing, I need real web server load testing... need to see how much traffic this one site can take before it cries.
I am planning to purchase a streaming server for ~ 200$ - 500$/ month. And I would like to hear your past experience or expertise. I am sure this will help lot of people here that are looking to buy streaming servers.
For my specific need,
Streams are usually 450Kbps and they run for 12 hours straight per day and 30 days. And I run at least 50 slots at a time.
[450Kbps*50*3600*12*30]= ~30TB (Worst case scenario)
I think need 100Mbps shared (I hope to run at least 50Mbps when there is a streaming event).Thank you for all the help.
I'd like to be able to stream mp3s. I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with myspace or not, but thats what I want them for.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAny one know why media streaming server dont working?
I installed the media streaming server, 1 month ago and it was working well. However, from Thursday to now it dont working. I have checked and the wmv files only run 3seconds is broke.
please tell me what the reasaon make my server doesnt working?
OS: Windows 2003 enterprise R2
Streaming Protocaol : MMS
I have been fascinated by the Red5 streaming server and tried to configure it on my VPS , i could follow the instructions and get upto the demo page eventhogh most of the demo pages are not working , I believe this is a problem with the configuration and the location where the files should be uploaded after installation or the rtmp URL which should be used on the demo page for the demos to work, I have experinced the issue mainly with the oflademo.
I was quite dissappointed to see that there are not much docs available for post installation configuration of Red5 too for a normal person
I urge the members to develop this thread into a good tutorila on Installation and Configuration of Red5
I want ASK What is the Good server For streaming ? I have one server with 8GB RAM But its not working good when to mach user Streaming Video,
And i also want ask Web hosting Company's about Somthing I am Planing To do,
I am Planing To Make Flex APP will allow to the site Owner To know How many visitors they Have Every Day (The correct figure 100%) and From What Country They Come With NO for Each Country And with 3D map FOR Earth , And How the visitors come to the site (google , yahoo etc ) And A lot Of information,
and that for 3$ a month, I know some site Do this For Free But I am Planing To make this statistics 100% true and Clean,
how to setup a streaming server to host?
View 1 Replies View Relatedanyone got any suggestions for very high bandwidth media streaming (flash comm server)?
And what kind of boxes to run it from?
I would like to know if it's possible to secure a server used only for streaming.
Here is what I have on my server :
- Gentoo,
- FlashMedia Server,
- and the following services are enabled : ftp, ssh, named and web ssl
Is it possible for instance to install Mod_security?
I need to build a video server that supports remote inbound live streams (multiple sources) and multiple outbound streams. I'm interested in hearing feedback or suggestions on Real Media Server, Microsoft Media Server, or other alternatives. Please share your thoughts on any of these. I would prefer Linux hosting and would prefer Windows Media formats. I would love to hear what some of you have had successes with.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've just installed DSS 5.5.4 on Apache/Redhat server.
The installation went fine. The darwinadminserver started automatically.
But when I go to the Webadmin page on port 1220 from the browser, or when I try to stream the sample videos from quicktime, the server just hangs, won't connect.
I checked the error logs and they read:
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Another process is already using the following RTSP port: 554
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Another process is already using the following RTSP port: 7070
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Another process is already using the following RTSP port: 8000
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Another process is already using the following RTSP port: 8001
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Streaming Server failed to listen on all requested RTSP port(s).
2006-12-20 09:32:39: WARNING: Streaming Server is not listening for RTSP on any ports.
I rebooted the server without darwin to see what processes were using those ports but I couldn't see any processes.
Can some please suggest best and cheap dedicated server for live video streaming for 300-400 users.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI would like to stream from my home theatre PC over the internet via my linux server. I have a dedicated server with CentOS 5.2, it's main function is to host a vbulletin forum but I would also like to stream video from my HTPC and offer it to my members.
Does anyone know of any software that can achieve this?
We run into DMCA problems (Windows Media Streaming) 3-4 times a year and most of these requests come for content that are not even governed by US laws.We currently have Ecatel and they have been good with DMCA but their quality has been a major drawback (Stream buffering big time, even for a dedicated server)
We are looking for a Windows server 2003 streaming server with at least 100Mbps dedicated unmetered connection (will upgrade to 500 or even 1Gbps dedicated if the quality is reasonable).
Any sugestions for renting a server with QTSS
What kind of prices would i expect to pay
Would be creating accounts for live 1 on 1 video streaming
Also renting video streaming paackages 25, 50 and 100 viewers
What of servers are used by hosts offering packages with this type of support?
I've read that streaming can be made via web server and streaming media server. The first type has only one advantage and this is that it allows to utilize existing infrastructure, while the second type offers more effective network throughput and (what's more important for me as an end-user) allows for better video and audio quality and support of the advanced features.
Now looking at the hosting plans how do I tell which type of server is used by the host?
I'm interested in this particular plan
[url]
We dont usually post on here just use it for information.
But thought why not,
We have 1 streaming server for sale.
P4 with 1gb ram and 160gb hard drive.
Dedicated fully burstable 100mbit!
This is strictly a streaming server, no ilegal torrents etc.
I want to make a Audio and Video Streaming Server using LAMP. I am running Redhat and have latest version of PHP, MySQL and Apache.
what i need to make such a server? I dont want to buy anything all things should be OpenSource.
My website provides streaming videos of live events through a third party software called Sopcast.
Currently i have hosted it on a shared server which cannot high CPU load when an event occurs. The hosting company takes down my website.
I am looking for need a solution by which thousand of visitors can watch the video at any given time. The streaming videos are not hosted on my website. I need a dedicated server that can manage high CPU load.
I have a VPS server running on Windows 2003, and would like to stream live videos to about 50-80 people. I was wondering is there a way to have a FLASH based stream embed into my website, without paying for a software like Flash Media Server?
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