audio video streaming

[ameerrai]

i am using php4,mysql and linux as an operating system.And I'm developing a site on which a user can view or listen audio/video files on the browser.What all I have to do on my Linux server and php code??I'll be grateful for your help.
Thanks in advance

[Anon]

This isn't really a PHP thing...

You have some choices, depending on the file format you want to use:

MP3's / MPEGs: simply upload the file to your server and call it from your HTML via a hyperlink.

The browser should pick up on the file extension and start streaming.

REALAUDIO: get a copy of RealProducer (free one available) and code your audio to .rm format.
Next you need to create a plain text file with the url of your .rm file in a single line at the top. Nothing else. Save this as whatever.ram
Then, call the .ram file from a link which will redirect through to you audio file and it should start streaming.

Otherwise, you might be looking at spending money on server-side streaming packages such as Shoutcast for MP3s or RealServer for realaudio. These might be necessary if you are planning on handling a lot of files & users.