[streaming] Re: VOD implementation suggestions

[Gildas Bazin]

On Thursday 26 August 2004 13:34, Derk-Jan Hartman wrote:
> > 
> >> I want to emphasis the fact that the "VOD server" wouldn't stream the  
> >> input data itself. This part of the task would be delegated to the  
> >> "streaming
> >> output" layer of VLC. The "VOD server" is just there for the 
interaction
> >> between the client and VLC.
> > 
> > Interaction between a couple of different types of clients and vlc ..
> 
> Ah yes, this is in interesting point!!!
> I think we forgot this. for instance for unicast, for each time the VoD 
> server is contacted by a new client, a new streamoutput (VLM) item will 
> need to be created i fear....
> This poses interesting problems....
> 

How does this pose problems ? This is the whole point behind the design of 
the VLM. VLM allows you to setup an input item and then create instances of 
it as many times as you want, concurrently or not and should even allow you 
to modify the options (eg. stream output options) on an instance basis.

The only problem here is resources limitations but any VOD system will have 
them anyway.

--
Gildas

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