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newchannel
Roku Guru
12 years ago

Live channel build question.

One of the channels I am working on work like a live channel.

Is anyone using wowza with s3 to do a playlist of vidoes in an xml as a live channel? Would like some input on how to set this up.

As another option, I have a playlist of s3 videos in an xml file and then a viewer can click to watch it play as live. But when they exit the channel and come back to it later of course it plays the same video again. I would like it to start at a different part of the playlist to simulate a live channel. It's in the process of being worked on to see what can be done to make it play at different locations within the xml playlist. I was wondering if anyone else has tried this option or perhaps have some ideas on how best to setup a simulated live channel?

I'm open to suggestions on what might be the best option to get a live channel going using an xml playlist. Wowza looks like a good option once I can figure out how to set it up with s3 but thinking the expense of running wowza 24/7 might be much for a new channel.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.
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  • ethanthekiwi's avatar
    ethanthekiwi
    Visitor
    12 years ago
    If you haven't found anything like this already, I would recommend following this blog post http://chris.kehayias.com/2011/07/10/complete-guide-to-streaming-live-video-to-roku-part-1/. The demo app he builds shows you how to have multiple categories with multiple streams, as for switching things around automatically, I am not sure, but this could get you off to a good start.

    I can't comment on the Cost of hosting on Amazon. We self host Wowza and paid once for the server and the Wowza perpetual license (they do a non-profit discount if you ask them about it).
  • newchannel's avatar
    newchannel
    Roku Guru
    12 years ago
    Hi,

    I have seen Chris' post before for using FMLE. Thank you for reminding me of it.

    I have actually thought about setting up a live stream using wowza FMLE with the amazon instance but would require a computer to run 24/7 using files from the drive. But I suppose it would be limited to what my bandwidth could handle. I don't want the expense of a major CDN so looking at all of the options.

    The non-profit license is an idea for one of my channels. I''ll have to check into that. For the for profit channel, seeking the easiest way to get a live channel up and going without added expense until this new channel gets up and going.

    Thank you.