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Oct 15, 2011 4:24 PM in response to strickforceby newtron45,Yes - That's the essence of Podcast Publisher (new to 10.7). Podcast Producer (as I was told by Apple enterprise) is a legacy application that is being continued for now. Two different apps.
Podcast Publisher uses the Wikis to play your video/audio. Be advised that there are still some authentication issues concerning access to play some wikis that seem like they haven't been addressed in 10.7.2 update. If you want everyone to be able to watch the videos, shouldn't be an issue.
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Oct 17, 2011 6:30 AM in response to newtron45by strickforce,I'm sorry, I misspoke. I meant Podcast Publisher in 10.7, not Podcast Producer. The issue I'm encounter is that the podcast wiki doesn't actually "stream" the videos. The video files are actually downloaded by the client browser in the background and then played, rather than streaming the video to the client.
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Oct 25, 2011 8:39 PM in response to strickforceby lsta,In reality, you can stream output already from the built-in web server, if the video is set to embed, or is viewed in a web browser that supports QuickTime as a plugin, such as Safari.
The streaming bits I mention below are ... complicated and overkill. The real solution here is to get people to load podcasts into iTunes, or potentially use another browser. The last thing to check is the built-in web server's Apache config for its ability to work with partial content requests but that shouldn't be necessary. You can usually work around any browser download issue by using Quicktime (or iTunes) directly to play/preview the video.
The alternatives native to the Mac platform are Quicktime Streaming Server (older, requires such to be installed server-side) or HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), which while newer and supporting iOS, is only playable on Apple platforms, Roku (or via Flash with JW Player) right now. http://developer.apple.com/resources/http-streaming/
To easily encode to HLS without worrying about command-line tools, see the $50 Compressor app in the App Store. It offers the ability through adding post-encoding Job Actions, including "Prepare for HTTP Live streaming" which even has a checkbox to generate an HTML file with posting instructions. Note that the video might only be streaming in one bitrate, and for best results you should set up a playlist pointing to multiple bitrates including audio-only, so that the HLS client technology can switch between streams based on your iPhone's bandwidth.
But as I said, without an HLS-compatible client, such as Apple devices (it requires QuickTime X, not QuickTime 7 on Windows), Roku or JW Player (flash-based), you'll be stuck.