Posted by: sxottt
Posted on: 2009-02-14 15:55:00
Will this use less bandwidth or something and less server resources than using a youtube clone? How does this work out better? Can i use this to stream alot of videos and not have bandwidth problems or could i still run into needing to upgrade to a dedicated server.. Sorry for alot of questions... Thanks!
Posted by: Atropos7
Posted on: 2009-02-14 23:28:00
In reply to:Will this use less bandwidth or something and less server resources than using a youtube clone?
Wait, what?
In reply to:How does this work out better? Can i use this to stream alot of videos and not have bandwidth problems or could i still run into needing to upgrade to a dedicated server.. Sorry for alot of questions... Thanks!
I don't even think you read the page at http://media.dreamhost.com/ at all. It is an apples and oranges comparison. They are only hosting the Flash application and related JavaScript files.
There is one other thing they mention on that page: conversion. If you have a web hosting account you can have their backend convert media files to .flv format for you. The way it works is that you upload an AVI/MOV/MPEG/MPG file to your web site, and tell the Web Panel the URL and dimensions you want, and it will convert to Flash video (FLV) format for you.
If you are going to be allowing people to convert files through you web site, you will want to get a dedicated server. Shared hosting is not the place for CPU-intensive tasks.
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Posted by: sXi
Posted on: 2009-02-15 03:13:00
In reply to:How does this work out better?
The conversion process takes place on a different server.
In reply to:Can i use this to stream alot of videos and not have bandwidth problems?
You use it to convert your movies to .flv format, which are then copied back to your directory.
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