i wanna stream videos from my website etc

blinko

hi all
i would like to stream videos from my website etc i can upload them but im not to sure on how to encode them so that other people cant nick them eg wmv/mpg/asx etc

and what software/tutorials is good for this kinda stuff

thanks

Pink.

Hi blinko,

You should get more help with this on the Techie board, so I'll move your thread over there.

Pink

Astaroth

You need to have a streaming webserver to be able to do it "properly" otherwise people will just be playing them as they download.

There is no way of stopping someone from stealing them if they want to as ultimately they have to be put on the PC to play but by using a proper streaming webserver will make it significantly more difficult.

blinko

thanks yeah i have heard about the streaming sever and i will have to look into that its definately a good idea.

what about encoding stuff eg i have my camcorder and it records it as a huge MPG file do you know anything about converting the stuff into normal wmv's etc that are kinda small so one can fit them on the website

thanks

Astaroth

I guess you have a chicken and the egg issue... do you decide which file type you use and then find a streaming server that supports it or do you find your server first and then convert your files to a supported format.

The likes of Real provide the software to convert files into the relevant versions for use in conjunction with their streaming software/ servers.

Lob_Rockster

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nobody's going to steal your videos, honest