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    <p>First, let me knock off two incorrect points quickly. Details to follow below:</p> <ul> <li>RTMP can be done over other servers than Flash Media Server</li> <li>TCP is fine for live. There is too much F.U.D. from the UDP-loving folks out there. <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/08/apple_launches_http_live_streaming_standard_in_iphone_3_0.html" rel="noreferrer">Apple has just released a draft specification</a> of doing simple, live streaming over HTTP (and hence TCP) for the iPhone. I expect it'll end up in browsers too. Also, TCP has the bonus of getting through corporate firewalls much more frequently and easily. </li> </ul> <p>My read is that complex and UDP-based streaming is tapering off. I'm not forecasting death, just a lesser and lesser share of the market. UDP-based streaming servers consume huge resources, relative to TCP-based solutions (like 10x or more), and the benefits just aren't that tangible.</p> <p>You say you don't want proprietary technology, and <em>"crap on [Flash]",</em> but you still want to do Real streaming? Hate to break it to you, but both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realaudio" rel="noreferrer">RealAudio</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealVideo" rel="noreferrer">RealVideo</a> are both proprietary. </p> <p>If going Open Source really is that important to you, which I can understand, then you'll need to ignore the vast majority of the streaming media market. Have a look at </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora" rel="noreferrer">Theora</a>: a royalty-free, open standard, lossy <strong>video</strong> compression technology</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis" rel="noreferrer">Vorbis</a>: a free software / open source project that produces an <strong>audio</strong> format specification and software implementation for lossy audio compression.</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg" rel="noreferrer">Ogg</a>: a free, open standard container format </li> </ul> <p>If pragmatism gets the best of you, then reconsider your aversion to Adobe products. Remember, Flash is more widely distributed than any other browser-based player (namely Windows Media Player, Quick Time and Real Players.)</p> <p>You can still use RTMP with open source: <a href="http://red5.org/" rel="noreferrer">Red5</a> is probably of greatest interest--it can stream live to Flash-enabled browsers. </p> <p>I would recommend thinking about your priorities. Spell them out for us in your question.</p>
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