[Typo3] Streaming video files

[Friedrich Schick]

McCluskey, Chris (ISD) schrieb:

>Hi Schick,
>
>Apple's QuickTime format (mov) is great for streaming video. You would need
>QuickTime Pro - which is not expensive
>(http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/). 
>
>The downside is your site visitors would need QuickTime installed on their
>computers - the free version would be fine for them but this might not be
>what you want.
>
>cheers,
>Chris
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:typo3-english-bounces at lists.netfielders.de]On Behalf Of
>Friedrich Schick
>Sent: 27 February 2005 11:47
>To: TYPO3 English
>Subject: [Typo3] Streaming video files
>
>
>Not really typo3 related.
>
>Is it possible to stream a WindowsMediaPlayer compatible video file using
>a standard webserver?
>
>Well, i can easily be done for audio files or using flash, but which 
>video formats
>support streaming and which of them are directly supported by
>WindowsMediaPlayer.
>
>PS: Any solutions for streaming a video file, which can be decoded on a 
>standard
>WindowXP installation are welcome.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Schick
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Yeah, had that in my mind, too. But in fact i do not like to use extra 
software.

By the way: ffmpeg can encode QuickTime movies, too. It is LGPL software.

Cheers,

Schick