Re: [Open-discuss] Hello - New to the list - Opening Questions

n Wed, 2006-11-15 at 15:53 +0000, Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves wrote:
> On 11/15/06, Alejandro Imass <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The complete support for Linux
> > was really the primary reason.
> 
> Really?  Most Linux distributions do NOT ship with MP3/4 support by
default.
> 

I meant the Real Player's Firefox/Linux plugin support was our main
decision for choosing the Real Player to develop. XINE does not support
web-page embedding and that was a major design consideration.


> I believe Helix can stream Theora as well.  You should look into that.
> 

For Theora and Vorbis we would stick with Icecast.

> > -Can we legally use the Helix server freely (in an ample context of
the
> > word) to stream mp3 and mp4 audio and video for this NPO project?
> 
> You can use Helix.  Streaming MP3 and 4 are a different question,
though.
> 

Yes we are aware of _some_ but not all of the issues. Truth be told, all
this streaming media stuff is very new for me.



> If you really want some advice, at least from me, use Ogg Vorbis for
> audio.  You may check Wikipedia, as well as a huge number of other
> websites for information on this topic.
> 

Yes I am aware but we are concerned with Real Player's ability to
reproduce Ogg Vorbis and it's compatibility with Icecast streaming. 

> I believe both Helix and Icecast work pretty well with Vorbis.
> 

We have the same impression from our research but as I told you we are
obviously not experts. If we can stream Vorbis and play well in an
embedded/scripted Real Player in Firefox, IE and Safari it would be
sufficient for us.

> You could also look into Speex if your NPO's interest is more towards
> speech than raw audio.
> 

There is musc audio from some authors but there is a lot of speech as
well. There are also video clips and movie trailers from local authors
that they want to publish in our site.

> Hope that helps,
> Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves

Thanks!




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