Audio Video streaming problem

[jeemedia]

I am currently working on a modeling web site and I want to offer a

online portfolio where models can post their photos, audio and video

files, thus making it a multimedia based portfolio.

Here is the list of the files I plan to allow the models to upload in

their portfolio
Photos - .gif, .jpg, .bmp
Audio - .mpeg, wma, mp3, ram and wav
Video - .avi, .mpeg, .mpg, .ram, and .mov

I am trying to find a way for users of this site to view the audio/video

files without having any file format specific plug-in or player installed

on their desktops. So far I have concluded that it would be best if

somehow I can manage to stream down the audio and video files on the

client?s desktop in Flash format since this would require the clients to

have only a Flash player which is a very common plug-in now a days.

I am seeking a way to convert the various files that models upload i.e

mpeg, wma, mp3, ram, wav, avi, .mpeg, .mpg, .rm, and .mov to a common swf

Flash format.

Is anyone aware of such a tool or piece of application that would

automatically convert all uploaded files to Flash format. Also if there

is a Flash component that would allow real-time streaming of the flash

files in the client?s browser without saving the swf files in the

Internet Cache or Temporary Internet Files folder.

Any help, advice or pointers on this matter would be highly appreciated.

If anyone has developed such a feature in the past then I am also open to

buying that from him (of course I can?t pay a lot of money).

Let me know.

Thanks
V

[David Gillaspey]

Hi "v",

Thanks for the post, but it is a bit off-topic. Please stick to topics related to church websites and e-ministry.

Sitepoint.com (http://www.sitepoint.com) is a large community of webmasters. I encourage you to post your question there; I'm sure you will receive many suggestions, and quickly.

I did look at what I presume to be the modeling site in question. Allow me to point out one other issue that must be solved: how to ensure that models upload photos that are the same width. If models upload photos that are wider or narrower than the width you allow for the photos online (in your design, I mean), then the photos gets squeezed or stretched horizontally (respectively). (This is true only if the height of all photos online is kept constant.) That would be OK on many sites, but most unflattering on a modeling site, I think you'll agree.

(I'm closing this thread now.)

Sincerely,

David Gillaspey
President
Great Church Websites
(and forum administrator)