Do i need Active X?

[bredal Jensen]

I'm working on a video confirencing system.
The client app is a "thin windows client". But now
there is a requirement that user should be able to view
th viedo stream with a web browser.

Do i need Active X or can .Net (ASP.NET) do
the jobMaybe the question could also be: Is there a streaming technology for
asp.net?

 

[bredal Jensen]

I forgot to say that the client needs to use
a hardware accelerator. Can an asp.net page deal with this kind of issue?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Have you considered using Windows Messenger with Live Communication Server?

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Kevin Spencer
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[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\) [MVP]]

No matter which direction you head, you will do a lot of code slinging to
get this done. I would look for a third party component first, as it will
save a lot of time and headaches. .NET is easier to program, but there is no
built in streaming technology per se. You do not find this built in to COM
(ActiveX), but there may be more selection in third party components for
streaming. www.componentsource.com is a good place to start looking. You
might also find an open source project on Source Forge, but realize that
open source licensing exists when you move into the commercial venue (ie, it
is not free if you are using it for your business).

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[bredal Jensen]

Does "Live Communication Server" implement the "H.264" protocol?

We do have our own "Broadcaster "(Server) .

The main problem is that the client need to use our proprietary hardware
accelerator.
Meaning that messenger may not be an option

 

[bredal Jensen]

We do already have the streaming technology (Hardware based) .
We call a set of DLLs on the client PC that do all the streaming releted
work for us.
But the issue is , how to get this accessible to a web client?

Can it be imaginable that the web client can take advantage of our
hardware accelerator that we control through DLLs?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/livecomm/prodinfo/overview.mspx

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[bruce barker]

you will need to supply an active/x control.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)