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Anonymous
February 16, 2009
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Streaming over HTTP

  • February 16, 2009
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I'm new to streaming, so hopefully this is a quick answer question.....due to firewall restrictions I would need to STREAM via HTTP protocol over (80)....I can't use RTMPT (which I was able to get working) because of protocol restrictions.....however, all the documentation keeps hinting that you can only progressive download via HTTP...is this true?

However, other part of the doco say "you can stream via HTTP if you have APACHE installed". My assumption was that all this was doing was allowing Apache to serve the http "pages" and progressive download the files....so, long story short, can a file be streamed using FMIS over HTTP? Thanks for any help in advance.....
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    Anonymous
    February 16, 2009
    No... I think the docs are just using the term "streaming" so the author didn't have to go into a long explanation of progressive video (to save the non-technical users from information overload maybe). You can't truly stream over HTTP. All HTTP flv delivery is progressive.

    That said, you can deliver a streaming-like experience using an HTTP application server. See the following:

    http://flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2005/11/2/Streaming-flv-video-via-PHP-take-two
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    Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
    Thanks for the information....we ended up having the firewall guy allow us to use RTMPT. :)
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