What is the optimized configuration for FLV stream

[john.wang507]

Hi,

I'm configing a http(pseudo)-stream server for flv media files. As a
newcomer to Nginx, I'm wondering what is the special configuration
should I care about on performance/throughput etc. The following is my
current config which is straightforward:
[code]
# My Stream media(flv) server

server {

    listen       80;

    server_name  vd.my.domain;

    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    
    sendfile        on;

    root /path/to/flv/files/
        
    location ~* \.flv$ {
        flv;
    }   
}
[/code]

I fount some points in this post
"[url=http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,77934,77934]nginx slow at
streaming flv[/url]", but it's seemed a bit old and some directives not
available in the latest nginx version . Any suggestion ?

Especially, according to the post mentioned above, should I turn off the
[b]sendfile[/b] ? shoud it be better to using [b]directio[/b] and
[b]read_ahead[/b] ? or should I put another Nginx instance in front of
this one to proxy it to use the proxy cache ability of nginx?   I know
the best way is to test by myself, but a right direction guide will help
me a lot.

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,169958,169958#msg-169958