Internal multicasting

[maymann]

Hi Forum,

I have been given the task to find and setup a service that will:
- Multicast live-streams (shared desktop, camera, etc.) or directly from a videofile inside our company (worldwide multisite MPLS)
- Have a website where authenticated presenter (LDAP/AD) can configure the meeting and invite attendees (LDAP/AD/Outlook DL's)

I am a happy VLC user and would also like to keep the solution in OpenSource if at all possible.
My questions:
1. Do VLM have this kind of functionality already build-in: multicast, webGUI with auth+config+invite ?
2, Is it only the HW of the VLM server that will set the limitations to how many simultanious stream can be run ?
3. Will IGMP need to be supported in my network switches (something else ?) ?
4. Should I have any concerns about supported protocols in my routers, firewall and/or MPLS lines ?

Thanks in advance !
~maymann

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLM does not have what you need, especially the LDAP part.

[maymann]

Hi Jean-Baptiste,

Thanks for your quick reply...
Does VLM have the streaming functionality described and only missing the webinterface, or ?

Thanks in advance !
~maymann

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

VLM can do the streaming. And to do multicast, you need multicast on your switches.

[maymann]

Hi Jean-Baptiste,

thanks again for your kind reply !

I guess I would be able to create a intranet page with LDAP/AD authentication, that could:
A. start the multicast stream for the presenter via a weblink or uploaded file
B. make it possible for the viewers to "hook-up" to the stream via a weblink
(and then ofcause publish this to VideoLAN for everyone else to use aswell)

Do you happen to know:
1, Is it only the HW of the VLM server that will set the limitations to how many simultanious stream can be run ?
2. Will IGMP need to be supported in my network switches ?
3. Should I have any concerns about supported protocols (PIM, other ?) in my routers ?


Thanks in advance !

~maymann

[maymann]

Hi,

just had time to play around with this for a bit...

how do I/can I setup the following using VideoLAN:
1. Schedule a videofile on Linux VLC server for a specific date/time <-> multicast Windows viewers ?
2. Share Windows desktop from presenter (URL link that will start VLC and share desktop) <-> Linux VLC server <-> multicast Windows viewers (URL link that will start a viewer session) ?

Thanks in advance !
~maymann