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This web hosting thread started by Jaseeey on 08 October 2008

I’ve recently setup a file library which is mixed with video streaming on a server. The script processes the uploaded video and converts it to an FLV file using ffmpeg. The FLV file which is output can then be streamed at any time on-demand whenever a user presses play on the JW Player (flash video player).

Is this going to cause high load on the server if many people are streaming at once? These videos range from 1 megabyte to 200 megabytes.

Is there an alternative way to prevent Apache from suffering high load? Would you recommend using another server dedicated to streaming the videos? Or is it possible to use RTMP or something? (not sure on it, just heard about it). Would RTMP be an alternative method of streaming? Or is RTMP used for continuous live streaming?

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