[gentoo-user] [OT] Video streaming solution

[gentoo-user] [OT] Video streaming solution

[Rafael Bugajewski]

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Hi all,

I search for a open source solution for video streams. What I want to do is to 
have a server with a simple GUI on which I can control several video streams 
that get distributed. The streams have to be distributed to thin clients or 
video projectors. In the case I would use video projectors I have the 
question: Are there some video projectors with a network interface? If yes, 
which protocol do they speak, is there a standard?

The clients (or projectors) should work this way that I turn them on and it 
just works, no configuration, no clicking, _nothing_. I know, that I can 
realize it with scripts, but I completely dunno what software to use. The 
whole controlling process should be done from the server.

The server itself should have a simple user interface (for users which dunno 
much about computers). They can configure which stream to show on which 
client and also disable the streams.

Does anybody has an idea how such a configuration can be realized and with 
which software?

Greets,

Rafael

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[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Video streaming solution

[James]

Rafael Bugajewski <rb <at> bugajewski.de> writes:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I search for a open source solution for video streams. What I want to do is to 
> have a server with a simple GUI on which I can control several video streams 
> that get distributed. The streams have to be distributed to thin clients or 
> video projectors.

I'd settle for gentoo workstations here....

> In the case I would use video projectors I have the 
> question: Are there some video projectors with a network interface? If yes, 
> which protocol do they speak, is there a standard?

any of the standards, mpeg2, mpeg4 mpeg4(AVC)

H.264 is my favorite.


> The clients (or projectors) should work this way that I turn them on and it 
> just works, no configuration, no clicking, _nothing_. I know, that I can 
> realize it with scripts, but I completely dunno what software to use. The 
> whole controlling process should be done from the server.

Well that's the aim of many projects, but achieving this sort of level
only comes after a package, matures over time, in my experience.


> 
> The server itself should have a simple user interface (for users which dunno 
> much about computers). They can configure which stream to show on which 
> client and also disable the streams.
> 
> Does anybody has an idea how such a configuration can be realized and with 
> which software?

This is really sort of a complex/dynamic request. ffmpeg is the basic
tools behind many video packages. Here are the names of a few you might
want to try:

vlc: retransmits video streams
zoneminder: security stream camera viewer
mythtv: digital video recorder
qdvdauthor
mplayer
vdr: set top box for DVB


many other packages exist, just take a look in the
/usr/portage/medida-video/  dir, and emerge one for a test



hth,
James

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Video streaming solution

[Iain Buchanan]

On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 15:37 +0100, Rafael Bugajewski wrote:

> The clients (or projectors) should work this way that I turn them on and it 
> just works, no configuration, no clicking, _nothing_. I know, that I can 
> realize it with scripts, but I completely dunno what software to use. The 
> whole controlling process should be done from the server.

for this part, you'll most likely have to look at network booting (if
you're using thin clients or workstations).

> The server itself should have a simple user interface (for users which dunno 
> much about computers). They can configure which stream to show on which 
> client and also disable the streams.

It sounds like you're going to have to integrate a few packages
yourself, to do just what you want.  I don't know of anything that will
do the whole lot for you.
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au>

10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Video streaming solution

[Rafael Bugajewski]

James wrote:

> vlc: retransmits video streams
> zoneminder: security stream camera viewer
> mythtv: digital video recorder
> qdvdauthor
> mplayer
> vdr: set top box for DVB
>
>
> many other packages exist, just take a look in the
> /usr/portage/medida-video/  dir, and emerge one for a test

Thank you very much. I will look and see what is possible. If I gain some 
experience I will post back to the list.

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