Hi all,
I've got a server shared with a few users, and I'm looking for a way to force their video streams to be transcoded.
I'm fully aware that there is the option on the client-side of things, but my problem arises when two of my friends are streaming something (by way of direct streaming/playing), which then uses up all of my available bandwidth (a measly 5Mbit).
The simple solution of course is to tell my friends to change their player's settings (which I've done), but they never do.
So, currently the idea I have is to force my server to transcode ALL streams (to some specified quality) to save my bandwidth to allow more concurrent streams. I've done a fair share of googling, but it seems like most people are more interested in saving their CPU rather than network load.
Anything I'm missing, or is this simply not possible?
Thanks