html5 (Non-Live) True Streaming / VOD

Question

I understand you can feed the HTML5 <video> element RTP/RTSP video streams. Streaming via RTSP or RTP in HTML5

Great! Now how would one go about setting up the stream?

To be clear, I'm not looking to stream live video, just encode and stream existing media/video files. Think Flash Media Server (I have a working example of the Flash route already). I'm wondering how to approach setting up the streaming server backend to serve up all the right codecs for HTML5 video in all different browsers (H.264/Ogg/WebM)

I'm looking at maybe FFServer? Or possibly the new VOD feature for VLC for streaming in H.264 (Safari, Flash) over RTSP. Possibly Icecast server for the Ogg video? Is this even possible? Are there currently any working examples of this type of html5 VOD true streaming in the wild?

Answer 1

This is no answer, however I would suggest trying to solve one problem at a time.

Example:

Q: Can I stream from Flash Media Server via HTML 5 "video" tag?

A: No, but progressive download is possible. (Reference: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/855764)