[Techtalk] Open Standard for Video Streaming

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sujita Purushothaman wrote:
> Hi,
>   (I'm not really sure whether this question should  go to
> issues or techtalk.)
>     What are the current standards for video streaming?
> Do we have a open standard? What are the apps
> available on Linux for this? What are the issues?
> 

The most open standard I know of is MPEG, but I think MPEG is still 
subject to license fees :(

RealNetworks just released some of their stuff Open Source.  Real is 
probably the most common streaming format on Linux.

	-hpa