Re: [school-discuss] More Progress! (infomercial update)

[Charlie Cosse <ccosse@asymptopia.com>]

Hi Gerard, thanks for your mail! I experimented briefly with dumping
window captures during sessions using various applications -- the
results are sequentially numbered image files -- currently they
are into a non-standard .ppm format, but I can easily convert them
to whatever is convenient. Is that what you mean by a 'clip'?
I'll put something together for you asap. My thinking was to
demonstrate the most likely-to-be-widely-used applications via
actual recording of sessions (you probably already gathered that).
Fancy custom artwork isn't really my bag, so anyone who wants to
participate...please do! How much does a Real Server cost? Thanks,
Charlie


Gerard Lam wrote:
> Charlie,
>
>
> Hello, $20,000 is a rip off!! but there is a 75%+ profit margin on 
> streaming media....I know I said I would talk with you more about it but 
> I've been bogged down at work and in the process of changing jobs...I 
> apologize..I can do the encoding in vaious formats (WM, real, quicktime) 
> and i am in the process of playing with the ogg format (someone's 
> suggestion) ...The only thing is setting up a Real server to serve out 
> the Video on Demand.....having an embedded browser should be a few lines 
> of code...It's nice that the Real server can serve out mms (Microsoft 
> streaming protocol) too for those people who only have a windows media 
> player and want to view our clip...do you have a test clip I can encode 
> and show you the possibilities? ....let me know what your thoughts are
>
> regards,
> Gerard