[streaming] Re: Interview request from StreamingMedia.com

[Geoff Daily]

Antoine,

Sorry for the delay in getting you these questions. Here they are:

To start with, why don't you give me a brief history of the VideoLAN project. When and where did it start? What was the driving force behind this project? What's its current status in terms of global involvement? How many and what types of people are helping make it a reality? Are there any companies, rather than just individuals, who are involved in its development?

Describe the functionality built into the VLC player. How is it that this one  application can act as both a media player and a streaming server? What features does it offer?

What equipment do users need to have to use the VLC player as a streaming server? How much technical expertise is needed to set it up? What are the steps for setting it up? 

Do you have any real-world examples of the VLC media player being used as a streaming server? How many simultaneous streams can it handle?

Does the VLC media player's streaming server ability differ at all from traditional streaming servers? If so, how?

What were/are some of the challenges the developers have had to face during the construction of the VLC media player? How difficult was it to get the player to work on all the major operating systems, as well as some of the minor ones? What codecs and streaming protocols can the VLC media player input? When used as a streaming server, what protocols and codecs can it output?

Is VideoLAN working with any other open source projects like the Streaming Download Project (http://sdp.ppona.com/)?

What's the next step in the evolution in the VLC media player? Are there any other major projects that VideoLAN is currently working on or will be working on in the near future?

That should be it for now. If you could get me the answers to these questions by Thursday, that would be fantastic as it would allow me an opportunity to ask followup questions. Otherwise, I need to wrap up the research portion of this article no later than next Monday.

Feel free to contact me if you need clarification on any of my questions.

Thank you very much for your time, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Geoff

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Antoine Cellerier [mailto:dionoea at via.ecp.fr]
>Sent: Monday, December 6, 2004 07:21 PM
>To: geoffdaily at burntmail.com
>Cc: streaming at videolan.org
>Subject: [streaming] Re: Interview request from StreamingMedia.com
>
>Hello,
>
>We would gladly take part in an interview. 
>
>This could be done using IRC or email at your convenience. We are usualy
>available between 12:00 GMT and 23:00 GMT.
>
>Regards,
>
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>Antoine Cellerier
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