Building a video distribution network in 48 hours

Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by nopal on Friday August 28, 2009 @11:41AM (#791580)

It's a slick site, but the lack of streaming from the CDN would be a deal breaker if I were looking for a Web video hosting solution.

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Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by jon_dahl on Friday August 28, 2009 @11:51AM (#791605)

Developer here. If you're talking about "streaming" as live playback from one location to another, we don't do that, but that's a totally different product anyway. If you're talking about "streaming" as auto-buffering, we can definitely do that. It's temporarily disabled on some pages to keep file transfer costs down.

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Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by brandonarbini on Friday August 28, 2009 @12:11PM (#791635)

Another developer here. I think you may be referring to an actual Flash streaming server. We're currently using Amazon CloudFront that doesn't support it. We're taking a good look at Limelight and others that do support Flash streaming for the future. Thanks for your feedback.

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Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by nopal on Friday August 28, 2009 @01:40PM (#791843)

Yes, that's what I meant. Quicktime streaming, too. Basically providing a way to jump around in a video, even if the video hasn't been been buffered to the point you want to play.

Again, nice looking site and service!

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Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by jacquesm on Friday August 28, 2009 @01:13PM (#791777)

have a look at 'wowza' for live stuff if you ever go that way.

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Re:Building a video distribution network in 48 hours by jawngee on Friday August 28, 2009 @12:40PM (#791699)

Most people use progressive HTTP. And a lot of CDN's support that now (bitgravity, panther/CDNetworks).

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