Web Server Streaming vs Streaming Media Server Streaming

[Callisto]

I have seen a lot of requests for hosting accounts to host a YouTube-like types of sites, so the question is basically what types of servers are mostly used by hosts offering these plans: web servers or streaming media servers and what are the advantages of each of them?

[~ServerPoint~]

They must be powerful servers and at keast that is VPSes designed for such needs ;)

[Alcatrazz]

Streaming Media Servers will be more effective in this case, allowing for better audio and video quality, but they are not cost-effective as they do not allow hosts to utilize existing infrastructure.
That's why the majority of hosts offering streaming via http server, I guess serverpoint.com as well, have seen it in your plans.

[grimlins]

Streaming Media Servers will be more effective in this case, allowing for better audio and video quality, but they are not cost-effective as they do not allow hosts to utilize existing infrastructure.
That's why the majority of hosts offering streaming via http server, I guess serverpoint.com as well, have seen it in your plans.
Moreover ServerPoint.com provides Windows Media Player, RealAudio�/Video, Quicktime, MPEG, and others
(all via HTTP streaming) on their shared hosting. Guess there is no need to use a dedi in this case.

[~ServerPoint~]

grimlins , thank you. I'd say that all depend on the size ;)

[grimlins]

grimlins , thank you. I'd say that all depend on the size ;)
Do you mean CPU and bandwidth?