How to stream flv from flash streaming server (RTMP)?

Posted by perandre-gdo on February 11, 2009 at 5:04pm

I've been using FlashField with SWF Tools, and I've also tried FlashVideo...and Embedded Media Field. Now, what I really need, is to be able to stream from a RTMP server by giving the URL in a CCK field (rmtp://example.com/myvideo.flv) and to use a flashplayer like JW to display it. Seems easy, but I don't think there's a solution out there at the moment for Drupal.

Any thoughts?

Comments

Why not progressive download?

Posted by ariel_hitron on February 18, 2009 at 3:51pm

why do you need to stream on rtmp and not just use http:// url and progressive download?

True streaming

Posted by perandre-gdo on February 18, 2009 at 10:45pm

True flash streaming has some advantages when it comes to seek and navigation; you can go to places that hasn't been downloaded yet++. A lot of pro video suppliers (like brightcove) prefer rtmp over "fake" streaming. So does my customer :)

Check out Streamzilla

Posted by espenmoe on February 24, 2009 at 9:38pm

Dutch provider Streamzilla (http://streamzilla.eu/) offers a great service starting at about 120 euros a month. They provide all types of streaming, including RTMP for flash.

I think they even have free trial-accounts.

RTMP makes it possible to publish long videos that your viewers can fast-forward trough, without having to download the whole lot.

We've got a small custom module that embeds videos from this provider in Drupal.

Thanks

Posted by perandre-gdo on February 24, 2009 at 9:56pm

Thanks for the tip! I will probably have to stick with scandinavian servers for now, but I will keep it in my pocket :) Would you care to share the module; I'm sure the code can be reused?

I reside in Norway, the

Posted by espenmoe on February 24, 2009 at 10:51pm

I reside in Norway, the bandwith to Netherland is amazing good :-)

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My solution

Posted by perandre-gdo on February 28, 2009 at 8:35pm

I ended up with a simple solution:
I installed http://drupal.org/project/flvmediaplayer, and use a default configuration with node override enabled, so that for each new node, only the title and filename need to change. Works great! The stream is on :)

flashvideo 1.5 seems to have

Posted by haojiang on March 1, 2009 at 6:54am

flashvideo 1.5 seems to have RTMP support
flashvideo 1.4 is a great module , but i have not tried 1.5 yet , you can try it

Flash video

Posted by perandre-gdo on March 1, 2009 at 9:21am

Flash video is a great module, but it has to handle upload and conversion to work. It won't let you enter a url for a file that has already been uploaded. So, if you have tons of videos on server ready for streaming, Flash video does more than you want :)

Also; to do the upload (and move to streaming server), Flash video needs ssh info. Most flash streaming services won't grant you that, unless you have a physical server on your own.