Streaming Video From A Windows Machine

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tomhanser

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Anyone have any luck or suggestions on how to stream video/audio from a Windows machine? I want to embed the streaming video into an HTML file, accessible from the Internet.

Microsoft used to provide a utility that would stream your video/audio but it's not available any longer.

I started experimenting with Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder and just installed Adobe Media Server, but have not completed the process. There has to be a simpler way than this and it's not very end-user friendly.

What about Linux software? Maybe there's a simpler, more reliable method to stream video from home to an HTML page?

I realize there are applications like iChat and Skype, but I don't expect peer-to-peer. I just want to broadcast a video stream to an HTML page on my Dreamhost web server.

Thanks.

Thanks.
 
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Gooberlx2

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tomhanser said:
Microsoft used to provide a utility that would stream your video/audio but it's not available any longer.
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Are you needing to stream live capture or something?

Windows Media Encoder 9 is still available. There's also a 64-bit version, that I can no longer find on their english site.

I believe the newer expression encoder will also create a live stream, but it's somewhat picky about input codecs/formats.


edit:
If you're just trying to stream a video file, just make sure it's something HTML5 compatible, like mp4 with h.264/aac, publicly host it on dropbox, and embed with a video tag.

Code: 
<html>
<body>
	<p><h1>Hello World!</h1></p>
	<video width="766" height="430" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' src="https://dl.dropbox.com/rest/of/link/video.m4v" controls />
</body>
</html>
 
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tomhanser

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Thanks to both of you!

I just downloaded Windows Media Encoder 9 x64, but as my hosting provider only runs LINUX servers, I'm still looking for a workaround. Configuring a streaming server of some sort seems to be my roadblock.

This isn't critical; I'm just keeping busy, experimenting.

Thanks again.
 
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