[Red5] http/progressive access of flv files

[Daniel Rossi]

I would use lighttpd possibly for http progressive download. It also  
has a flv module. Apache isn't so scalable on a single machine, on a  
cluster it's probably a different story, but lighttpd might still win  
there :)

On 29/06/2008, at 2:08 AM, Walter Tak wrote:

> Do keep in mind that when using Apache as a webserver for  
> progressive downloads you'd be independent of the stability of Red5.  
> If R5 crashes (and takes jetty or tomcat down with it) then all  
> progressive downloads would grind to a halt.
>
> On the other hand ; Apache has an impressive trackrecord and might  
> never ever fail you for serving those files.
>
> If you'd run jsps on jetty or tomcat then ofcourse this isnt  
> applicable since without jsp your site probably wouldn't function  
> anyway for your users.
>
> We use Apache for simple webserving and execution of php-scripts (or  
> python,perl, etc) and R5 solely for serving video/audio/stateful- 
> room-data.
>
> Regards,
> Walter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jake Hilton
> To: red5 at osflash.org
> Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2008 16:16
> Subject: Re: [Red5] http/progressive access of flv files
>
> Ah Paul.. that's what I was thinking.. I did end up setting up an  
> alias for apache to share it.. but I like this other option better.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Jake
>
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Mondain <mondain at gmail.com> wrote:
> To use Tomcat or Jetty here you will have to remove this section  
> from the web.xml
>
>     <security-constraint>
>         <web-resource-collection>
>             <web-resource-name>Forbidden</web-resource-name>
>             <url-pattern>/streams/*</url-pattern>
>         </web-resource-collection>
>         <auth-constraint/>
>     </security-constraint>
>
> This prevents HTTP access to the streams directory.
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Walter Tak <walter at waltertak.com>  
> wrote:
> Yeah you can access files via builtin jetty or tomcat (depending on  
> the version you use) on port 5080 or 8080.
>
> And you can always run apache/some webserver on port 80 and map a  
> alias/directory to the path where your app saves its streams.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jake Hilton
> To: red5 at osflash.org
> Sent: Saturday, 28 June 2008 00:25
> Subject: [Red5] http/progressive access of flv files
>
> Just been trying to get somethign working.. and I swear that red5  
> had a way to expose flv files via an http or progressive model.. no?
>
> Jake
>
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