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Hi. I am Alex Castro. just downloaded the app and is amazing. I am an interactive grad student at Parsons in NY. My thesis project is about enabling sports fans to broadcast their own comments about live games either to an iphone app or external website. Would really appreciate it if you give some tips on the technology framework for doing it. I am researching apple's new http live streaming technology now. thanks so much. keep up the good work.
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2 Posted by skattyadz on 29 Oct, 2010 03:32 PM
Is there any area in particular that you wanted to know about? I'm not sure how technical you need, but will give it a go...
Our web service uses the 'Ruby on Rails' framework, and our server-side tools are mostly written in 'Ruby', both of which are open source. We use 'mysql' for our primary database and 'redis' for additional data collection (again, both of these are open source).
In terms of sending audio from the iPhone app to the web service, we do not stream anything. It is recorded and stored on the device, then uploaded as file 'chunks' afterwards through our API. This suits the 3G technology that phones use, which can vary in speed and be unreliable. It also suits users without a data package who might want to upload at a later date (when they get home and can use wifi). The API is public and anybody is allowed to use it to access our service with their own apps or websites.
Any questions, let me know. We are working hard on version two of the app which brings some new things that I'm sure that you would like. I have enabled some of our upcoming features on your account for you to play with (queued uploads and messages).
Adam
3 Posted by alejandroc86 on 29 Oct, 2010 04:52 PM
thanks! great customer service....as i mentioned, this is my thesis project. I dont plan to use it for commercial purposes yet. More like a prototype. I will def. explore apple's http live streaming technology. It just looks very challenging to implement for a visual designer with intermedite programming skills like me. I love your app solution because it it so accesible for anybody. And apparently people dont mind much that they are just recording and not broadcasting live. Do you mind If I keep you posted on my thesis proyect? thanks
4 Posted by Adam Howard on 29 Oct, 2010 06:06 PM
I would genuinely love to be kept updated with the project.
Adam
5 Posted by system on 29 Nov, 2010 12:05 PM
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