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MEC4 is a
Video On
Demand Streaming Server based on a multithreaded architecture and running
on the Linux Operating System. The server
can handle multiple concurrent streams which it delivers by mean of a proprietary
simple protocol called CMTP (or SSP/MSP). "Proprietary" means that we created it
and it works well for our purposes. The server is under development and,
although stable enough for testing, I believe it must be considered in a beta
stage. Note that it needs glibc2. Main features
are:
Download MEC4 version 1.4.3-1 now (shift + click): NotesInstallation script and client's network layer have been added. The latter allows to download data from MEC4 and send it to stdout or a file. Note that you can do streaming right now by using the following pipe: " Put your favourite mpeg player in place of mtvp (I think you can use any mpeg player that reads from stdin). |
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| Jackal++ is THE client
for MEC Streaming Server ("THE" is there because a client for MEC
must implement the SSP/MSP protocol). It uses mtvp MPEG1
decoder engine by
MpegTV and cannot
be freely distributed since a user must buy a license for a frontend-controlled
mtvp decoder (mtvp decoder is free for personal use in its command line
version). Sorry for this restriction. We are planning to develop a version
based on mpeg_play, so we can avoid those licensing problems. Jackal is
written in C++ and uses
Gtk+ widget library.
It is made using
Glade Interface Builder
and it supports Gnome. If you'd like
to see some screenshots, click here. Note
that if you become Jackal developer, you can get a free trial license
from MpegTV for using their mtvp-sdk. In this case you can use our client
for a period of six months, but you must contribute to the development.
Coming soon a completely free version using SMPEG library. Stay tuned. |
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