[erlang-questions] Switching between http/non-http depending of first byte

[Rapsey]

If you did RTMP, implementing the HTTP features you need is literally childs
play.
My server is private. Pretty complete though, supports
RTMP/RTMPT/RTMPE/RTMPTE, RTSP/RTP and HTTP for live web streaming (can also
stream to iptv).


Sergej

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Max Lapshin <max.lapshin@REDACTED> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Rapsey <rapsey@REDACTED> wrote:
> > I've thought about the same thing for my streaming server. But I didn't
> > decide to do it that way.
> > Are you sure you want to put RTMP and HTTP on port 80? It means you'll be
> > running your Erlang server as root, which is not exactly safe. It also
> means
> > load balancers/reverse proxies, software or hardware based are not going
> to
> > work.
>
> No, I need just an ad-hoc solution for streaming server to tell via
> its http interface about
> its contents. I.e.  GET http://erlyvideo.maxidoors.ru/videos.xml  will
> be rewritten via nginx
> to GET http://erlyvideo.maxidoors.ru:1935/videos.xml
>
>
> > This is why RTMPT was invented (http tunneling for RTMP).
>
> RTMPT is quite another thing (and if possible, we try to avoid it). I
> need not to tunnel
> streaming in HTTP.
>
> >
> > Also do you need a full blown web server like yaws or mochiweb? It may be
> > easier to just implement the HTTP features you need manually. It's pretty
> > easy to do in Erlang and It's what I did.
> >
>
> But I think, it will be easier not to damage my brains and just take
> next port =)
>
> BTW: Your server is opensource or private one? My repository of
> erlyvideo is on http://github.com/maxlapshin/erlyvideo
>