setting up streaming video

[pinkhelmets]

Hello ppl
i would like help on how to go about setting up a site that will contain streaming video, like a tv station. What i need is your advices on what problems i am going to hit and what solutions etc.

i realise that the streaming video will use a heck of a high bandwidth over a month period, so does this just mean very high costs? How can you reduce?

i really dont have a clue with this so any advice helpful. As a comparison, if i require a streaming satellite conection for video it will cost £12,000 per month. But really that isnt that bad because basically that is your own satellite broacast tv station

But the point is, i do not need the quality or speed, so the internet must be a cheaper alternative?

Thanks
L

 

[Steve]

your problem as you state is bandwidth

also your adsl upload speed on your line (if doing a live broadcast) .... probably find that you will get a max of 7 pos 8 people that can view without people getting a bad quality pic (this is assuming a 256Kbps u/load otherwise all they will get is very jerky images etc), on top of that if you are using the internet for other things then that 7 or 8 will have to be less
unfortunately i don't think there is another alternative (unless you store the archieved files ... e.g. create a movie file for people to d/load and view from your server but then you might go over your allowed bandwidth)

unless someone knows otherwise

 

[pinkhelmets]

thanks steve, see thats good to start getting some figures to work on. Like maybe i can work on a 7 to 1 ratio. I need one broadband line, one site, one pc and stream for every 7 connections.
This sounds expensive so unless any other advice it may be a £12k a month sat channel, lol. I'd have to get advertising then and rival sky

 

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

Hi,

if you only need a host for your video/audio streams u might wanna
check Red.Net .

In case you are planning on setting up a server on your own and the host video streams over your broadband connection.....that's gonna be no joy.
Let's say there is more then 5 ppl having a look at your videos the data throughput will drop next to nothing.

To get reasonable results i suggest a leased line, at least 1Mbit, better 2Mbit I just contacted a friend of mine for a quotation on a 2Mbit leased line, will post here as soon as i know the price

 

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

Here's a few prices for ADSL/SDSL connections in the UK:

[DLMURL="http://www.albion.co.uk/communicate/albion_isp_pricelist.html"]>>Click here <<[/DLMURL]

SDSL with 1 or 2 MBit might just do the job.