Video file streaming

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hi again,

im now involved in a project for developing a server and client application in which a video file from server side is to be displayed in all the client side applications (multiple clients at a time).

so it should work like 2 windows open in the server and client computers and the video should run within both the server and client window forms.

any help ???

Posted 17-Jan-13 6:35am

kiran131993

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Sandeep Mewara 17-Jan-13 12:40pm

And you tried anything of what you plan to implement.

kiran131993 18-Jan-13 13:30pm

i have implemented the desktop sharing technique and now want to stream video files alone in a form

David_Wimbley 17-Jan-13 12:44pm

what exactly do you need help with? logistics of client server and how that works? how to stream a file in c#? how to open 2 windows at once? If you can provide some clarification im sure youd get a better response

kiran131993 17-Jan-13 12:46pm

k i need to know abt how to send the video from server side and how to receive it in the client side.
also wat protocol that i can use.

David_Wimbley 17-Jan-13 12:49pm

Another question to further clarify, is this winforms/wpf/asp.net? I see you said window forms but what to double check as client side could include a browser as well.

kiran131993 17-Jan-13 12:51pm

i want to do it in windows forms. and not to open a webpage and all.
just run the forms on both sides and show the video played.(more kind of like a seminar session but not live but pre-recorded)

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Soroush Falahati · Answer 1 · 2013-01-20T09:19:00

First you need to tell us what you did until now. What type of video you have now and ...

But about your question you need to convert images or video source to an acceptable video format. Using FFMPEG or something like that.
But if you have video file in an acceptable format already you can ignore above line
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Then you need to send data to client(s). For doing so you need to learn socket programming or you need to use a library. Two famous streaming protocols are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Media_Services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol

These links may help you for implementing RTMP in your app:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/
Managed Media Aggregation using Rtsp and Rtp
http://net7mma.codeplex.com/
http://www.streamcoders.com/

Or you can write your own protocol completely from ground and actually I recommend it because it is easier to learn socket programming then using MMS or RTMP :)

Then in your client app you need to render video. You can use a user control or you can use Direct2D to show video to user. But this is an other topic.