We would like to set-up a live video-chat web site and are looking for basic recomendations for software and hardware set-up. Here are the particulars on the site:
Most streams will be broadcast live from a single person with a web cam, etc., and viewed by typically 1-10 people, although there could be up to 100+ viewers on the high side.
Audio and video do not have to be super-high quality, but do need to be “good enough”. The main point is to convey the basic info in the video (and audio). If occasionally the frame-rate drops low and then goes back to normal fairly soon, we could live with that.
Budget is an issue, so we are in general looking for a lower cost solution that will give us most of what we need in temers of performance and quality.
We are looking at Peer1 for co-lo.
The rest of our web site will be .Net / Windows platform. We are open to looking at any platform for the best streaming solution, although our technical expertise is currently more on the Windows side.
Answer
You are a .NET shop, which means microsoft server. Install Media Services on your server… and you have access to the MS streaming system. “free” of charge since – ages, but most people don’t know about it. YOu will need a LOT of bandwidth, btw. – for 100 people, make sure you have enough reserves they do not fall behind etc.
Media Services also allows playback, so 😉 you can also show the stuff later easily.
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