[NBLUG/talk] apache and streaming

Sean seanvanco at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 13:59:38 PST 2010


I've been attempting to set up a streaming web serve with Apache2 for
the last few weeks and have met limited success. I'm running Debian
Lenny x86.

I put together a video and converted it to flv, and I'm able to get JW
Player to buffer and play the video. However the progress bar will not
allow you to jump ahead or go back on the video. When I try to do so
it simply jumps back to where it was playing and continues on as if
nothing happened.

I compiled the mod_flvx.so and referenced it in the apache conf file
(see below), but from what I've read the behavior above is what
happens when the video is not on a streaming server. I've only been
able to find examples of streaming servers using lighttpd. If it is
even possible, could any of you point me in the right direction of how
to do this using Apache2?

Unfortunately I'm using an apache install provided by a thrid party,
so I don't have a standard install. This makes it a bit more difficult
to enable add-ons and I often have to compile them manually.

Apache2 conf code:
# Allows streaming of video files
LoadModule flvx_module /usr/lib/apache/mod_flvx.so
AddHandler flv-stream .flv


Sean



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