We have built a portal using Liferay (java-based) and a large part of our site content will be in the form of videos, esp. flv. For the best end-user experience, we would like to implement some form of pseudo/streaming. We have been trying to figure out whether to use Liferay's document library, Alfresco, or a folder on the file system to store video content. Any guidance here would be great.
What I am really trying to figure out is whether the storage location matters for videos used for streaming purposes vs. videos that will be progressively downloaded. Does anyone know if storing in a database/virtual folder would limit a streaming server's capability to stream that video content to the user? We are looking at using Red5 or lighttpd for streaming, most likely.
Thanks in advance!
What I am really trying to figure out is whether the storage location matters for videos used for streaming purposes vs. videos that will be progressively downloaded. Does anyone know if storing in a database/virtual folder would limit a streaming server's capability to stream that video content to the user? We are looking at using Red5 or lighttpd for streaming, most likely.
Thanks in advance!