Icecast - May 2010 - live mpeg4 input

Hi,

How can I provide live mpeg4  feed to icecast2 ?
I guess I will have a PAL composite signal or similar for input remotely.
I will typically have a laptop with linux or windows XP available.
I want to use a flash-player for viewing.

Olav

You can't, actually; the mp4 format has no provision for live
streaming.  It has to provide complete framing for a file up-front
before video data delivery begins.

You'll have to use VP6 or some other solution such as HTML5 with Ogg
video.  Soon, WebM will also be able to do this.

Monty

I streamed Mpeg4 via QuickTime for several years using the encoder and
Helios server.  Worked great with a QT player so it can be done but I don't
know of a way to do it for free.
Mike

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Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:29 PM
To: Olav Kvittem
Cc: icecast at xiph.org
Subject: Re: [Icecast] live mpeg4 input

You can't, actually; the mp4 format has no provision for live
streaming.  It has to provide complete framing for a file up-front
before video data delivery begins.

You'll have to use VP6 or some other solution such as HTML5 with Ogg
video.  Soon, WebM will also be able to do this.

Monty
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