Nginx + proxy_store + flv/mp4

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 02:56:05PM -0400, benjinx wrote:

> Well. I'll tell you the reason :-).
> 
> I'm working on the infrastructure for streaming more than 20 radio channels. Content
> from the last 30 days should be available in several bitrates for a variety of players,
> not only Flash. This content totals about 4 TB or more at any one time. The reason for
> choosing AAC/Mp4 is because of compatibility and ease of compression. We simply don't
> want to add yet another format to store (flv). Since flash can play AAC/Mp4 now we want to
> use that with the Flash player.
> 
> I've tested the h264 module and it seems to be pretty fast and working well. My only problem
> is the mirroring on demand through nginx by using proxy_store. I guess there are other ways
> to do this but this solution was SO simple and elegant if not for this little problem which may very
> well force me to find another solution.
> 
> Any ideas?

If you stick with mp4, you may do something like:

1. If there is no file in store on frontend in question, fallback 
to script.

2. From script request full file via frontend in question (and 
proxy_store it there).

3. Return X-Accel-Redirect to the file in store.

Maxim Dounin