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Questions tagged [video-streaming]

This tag is about software that helps using a server to stream videos on the internet.

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Buffering when serving videos through AWS CloudFront

We are hosting videos in AWS S3 in HLS format (lots of .ts files, + playlists .m3u8). We have configured AWS CloudFront with all Edge locations to serve those files. We have 2 apps, iOS and Android, with a video player that plays the CloudFront…
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vlc decoder error while streaming

I'm re-streaming rtsp stream with vlc for two cameras. The second camera doesn't have audio and it works fine, for the first one (which has audio) stream start fails 9 out of 10 times with error "core decoder error: cannot continue streaming due to…
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VPN for Video stream

I work at a digital TV broadcast company (cable), we have 2 head ends, one in the US and one in the Caribbean, we currently connect both sites with a cisco L2TPv3 pseudowire VPN between both sites, however, because we're running video streams over…
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Set up nginx for access controlled video streaming

I am trying to create an application thats core it will be to show videos in a learning environment based on meteor/nodejs. The problem is the streaming itself. As described on many pages, node is not good for serving static content. So my idea was…
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Router for a heavy video streaming dependent network

I have a 50 Mbps WAN link and I use Asus RT-N16 with tomato firmware for NAT. My users view multiple streaming videos. At any given time there would be about 20 streaming videos which are being watched. But always if the number of videos that are…
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stress test video streaming

is there a way to stress test video streaming? Basically simulating a high number of people simultaneously streaming a video? This is an amazon 'cloud' service that will be enabled for my site.
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Content delivery: Alternatives to SHOUTcast

I've been using Icecast and SHOUTcast for several years now, to deliver audio and Video content. I wonder what kind of alternatives do I have to those two, especially when streaming video. On the client side, what software can I choose from to…
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Do any media streaming servers for Linux support streaming (not just progressive download) of Windows Media formats?

Is it possible to build a Linux-only media streaming server which can do streaming of the formats supported by Windows Media Services? To the best of my knowledge, the popular streaming servers that run on Linux, like Wowza and Darwin, don't support…
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hosting environment for delivering FLVs

What would be the ideal hardware setup for pushing lots of bandwith on a tube site? We have ever-expanding cloud storage where users upload the movies, then we have these web-delivery machines which cache the FLV files on its local harddrives and…
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An equivalent of IceCast but for Live Video Streaming?

I am looking for a solution to Stream live video like that : A camera/webcam/video output ---> Stream server ---> Clients And if possible multiple Stream Servers like this (like IceCast): A camera/webcam/video output --> Master Stream server +--->…
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What matters when optimizing a nginx server for audio/video streaming?

I am looking for opinions and resources. Serving rtmp, dash, hal with nginx-rtmp-module. Test streaming from another machine with ffmpeg, but will probably use OBS later on. Which nginx settings matter? What's important in relation to hardware…
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How to use server_name with stream NGINX?

Current setup as follows: stream { server { server_name stream.kingdomgame.org; # this line is resulting in an error proxy_pass http://localhost:1935; } } Works just fine without server_name, but I'd like to use a domain…
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What is the best way to stream 24/7 content from a server, which can be exported as an m3u file?

I have 24 Lectures for my students, and I teach online to many people. I am trying to setup a server with IPTV software, so they can view the lectures going 24/7 and have VOD for other content related to the course. How would I go about setting up…
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H.264 not streaming over dynamic DNS

I'm trying to view a network camera remotely so I registered with a dynamic DNS service. I can access the camera fine on the DNS associated URL and stream using MPEG but when I switch to H.264, the stream fails. What's odd is I can stream H.264 if I…
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Nginx high IO issue

I run a small video streaming website and i've been noticing some problems with videos on my site. TOP top - 15:43:48 up 34 days, 1:22, 1 user, load average: 37.80, 38.08, 38.38 Tasks: 184 total, 1 running, 183 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0…
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