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Questions tagged [streaming]

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stress test video streaming

is there a way to stress test video streaming? Basically simulating a high number of people simultaneously streaming a video? This is an amazon 'cloud' service that will be enabled for my site.
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Is it allowed to embed YouTube videos behind a paywall?

Is it against any legal law or YouTube TOS themselves to embed videos (which are available for embedding obviously) for streaming on your website and put them behind a paywall, e.g. give access only through membership subscription? If that is…
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Webhosting for a TV channel with streaming video

I'm making a website for a web based TV channel, so I'm assuming it will be heavy on bandwidth usage, but I'm no good at calculating bandwidth. Couple of questions: Assuming the site streams HD video 24 / 7 to 1000 people, how much bandwidth is…
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What lossy audio format is the most universally recognized across all devices in 2016?

Say I want to have streaming audio on my site. There is no fancy player on my site: the page simply links directly to the audio file, shifting the burden of streaming onto the user's internet browser. What audio file format is the best for…
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Protecting video being from downloaded

First of all I know that I can't protect it completely but can you give me any tips to make it as secure as possible? And second thing I plan to store videos in seperate dedicated server and is it possible to protect it's actual location 100%? In…
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How to choose correctly a provider of streaming?

I´m not asking for a recomendation of a specific streaming service provider. I wonder what aspects must I consider to select the correct one. I need a transmission provider to a television station (official website), which provides: Video and audio…
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How do I prevent ISPs from killing downloads of files in mid-transfer?

I run a small website with a few users, low traffic, mostly to share personal mp3 files with a small community. Depending on their ISP, my users can't always download or stream larger files. By larger I mean larger than 1MB. Essentially the host…
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What's the legal way to stream music online?

It's really hard getting a definite answer on this so I'm going to ask it here. Is there a legal way to stream new music on a website without getting artist consent first. There seems to be a lot of popular sites like hotnewhiphop.com doing this…
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Host Private videos on my site or use third party video hosting

I’m working on a e-learning startup. We are going to have recorded video lectures from professors ranging from 30-45 minutes long which are going to be accessible to students once they register and pay for the course. Hence these are private…
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Offer MP3 files on WordPress for listening only (prevent downloading)

I have a WordPress blog on which I'd like to share some large audio files to my visitors. But I want to prevent, or at least discourage, my users from directly downloading the MP3 files. I've seen many plugins that have the possibility show the…
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audio streaming that cannot be saved?

I need to publish a audio file that I want to make so that: It is available to listen in streaming. The file can't be retrieved for private use. Any idea how to do it? Something where user cannot save the audio using any webbrowser plugin like…
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Browser compatibility with external links to icecast streams

My website is offering a list of links to radio stations streaming audio content hosted on other servers. Many of the audio streams are based on icecast servers There is a big question on what is the better way to link to the streaming audio. The…
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Is there an alternative to LiveStream?

I´m looking for an alternative to LiveStream, I mean, a free live streaming solution for video broadcasting and then embedding the player in my website. Bandwidth limitations is OK. Concurrent users limitation is OK. 24/7 transmission…
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Streaming recorded video

What do I need to do in order to stream recorded videos? I have worked with recording and streaming video contents in real time. I've also worked with VOD application. But I seem to not find much resource on how can I stream recorded content. It…
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When is progressive video preferable to streaming?

Streaming only transfers the portion of the video you are about to view so there is drastically less bandwidth used, however, YouTube has opted to use progressive video instead. Why does YouTube use progressive video instead of streaming? (Obviously…
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