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Helix or Darwin streaming server.

 
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Hi all,

I need to use a streaming server in my next project (and I have no clue about them). Possible choices are Helix and Darwin. I was wondering which of these two is easier/better to work with?

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Ruchir
 
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Darwin concentrates on Apple-related stuff... If your project is going to be based on MS tech, you might need to think about Helix... Helix can serve QuickTime, Real, and Windows Media streams...

They got pros and cons... I got one good article that talks about them... I was in a media-based project last month... here it is!

Hope it helps...
 
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Thank you very much Ko Ko Naing. That will definitely help.

Ruchir
 
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Ko Ko Naing, I need to develop some cutom plug-in that takes care of authentication and related functionality before the server starts streaming the content. Obviously my language of choice if Java, but I think I need to use C++ to develop plug-ins for Helix. Based on this do you feel that one would be more preferable over the other?

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Ruchir
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Amin,
Why do you need to develop Helix plug-in? For authentication, you can use J2EE's mandated authentication before getting into the content streaming... Something like a gate to the streaming server...

You may use either Helix or Darwin, since J2EE authentication is independent from them... Hope it helps...
 
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Ko Ko Naing,

The reason for this is that helix (or any other streaming server) would actualy be running on one of the clients (ie content provider) machine. Once the request comes to us from the user we redirect it to the client with some parameters. The client then checks with us if the user/request is valid. For this to happen we can give them a plug-in to their existing server (which I need to write). Hope that clarified the situation.

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Ruchir
 
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Amin,
If you are going to develop a plug-in for the streaming server as you said, I guess Darwin is a good choice. Since it is open-sourced, you can even dig into Darwin's codes, if neccessary... In the case that you do need to develop a plug-in, I suggest you to consider an open-source one... Even if it is not Darwin, you might consider another open source one...

You will find easier to develop with open-source ones... Hope it helps...
 
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Thanks Ko Ko Naing. I will keep that in mind.

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