[Linux4christians] best way to do live video

[Joel Mclaughlin]

Video on web means flash even for Linux users currently.  Or maybe
HTML5 but that would be too limiting for a Church so flash it is.
What about Qik.com??  There's plugins for Facebook and more so if your
church has a Facebook page, you can stream right to it,

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:30 PM,  <shengchieh at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Greeting in the name of our Lord!
>
> I'm investigating on using live video for the services,
> i.e., someone uses a videocam to shoot the speaker, etc.
>
> I already looked at some sites like
> twitcam, justin.tv, livevideo.com, ustream, stickam,
> streamfaith, videochurch.org, christian.tv, Red5, IceCast,
> videoLan, MPEG4IP, BroadCam, broadcaster.com, Metacafe,
> dailymotion, and a bunch of others.  I also tried using
> twitcam w/o success - the linux version of flash is buggy.
>
> I'm trying to decide what is the best and easy way to do
> live video, i.e., should I do it with a social networking
> like twitcam, a html program, VLC, java, javascript,
> python, perl, etc.  I already ruled out many social
> networking sites because I don't want to direct people to
> "shady" sites.  I also rule out a "Facebook variant"
> because Facebook has privacy issues - don't want to direct
> people to Facebook.   Furthermore, I ruled out some
> Christian networking companies due to budget constraint
> - my church recently let a staff member go.
>
> I prefer a method that is multi-OS (linux and window).
> What are your thoughts?  Easier and better using a
> certain program or language, or use a social networking
> site (which one?)?
>
> Sheng-Chieh
>
>
>
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