A CLOSER LOOK AT STREAMING SERVERS

摘要

Your client has decided to stream live or on-demand video and to run a streaming server. Remember, of course, that you don't actually need a traditional streaming server for progressive download, or for HTTP-based adaptive streaming technologies such as Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) or Microsoft Smooth Streaming. However, streaming servers are necessary if the client wants to protect their streams with encryption, deliver via peer-to-peer or multicast, or serve multiple targets such as Flash and iOS with the same stream or streams.