Hi Narendra

my views below btw this is a huge list of questions ;)

2008/9/12 narendra sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya@...>:

> I need to record audio for my educational application . which I have to sent
> to the server for storage. Playing can be done by vlc or any other plugin ,
> so that is not a issue for a while.
>
> Audio capture in browser !! need suggestion ??
> * Flash based ?? will that be free of cost to use that ?? will it output ogg
> ??

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I dont know of any flash server side software but it might be there
that can convert flv to ogg but it should be possible
flash recording from the client side onto the server is done using
flash media server but there is a open source alternative to it call
red5 (check up on it ) it is pretty good

> * Java/Applet based ?? any security issue?? well only small percentage of
> user will record the audio so this can be option ?? Again any know
> implementation ?? will i be able to control with javascript ??

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well it is difficult to answer abt security issues as most issues can
creep up in the coding and might not be present in the platform java
is pretty secure but if you leave a vulnerability then u cant blame
java now can you ;) am not sure but communicating between a java
applet and javascript is possible

> * using a third party plugin/embedded object for recording ??

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yes this option is there as there are many which provide this
functinality but it will be mostly a paid service not free

> * Writing my own Firefox and IE and chrome plugin ??

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well no one can stop you from writing a plugin for firefox and IE :)
and about chrome well they dont yet have support for plugins but it is
planned in the future

> * Developing desktop application for recording and trigger from browser and
> having proper synchronisation using server. both will run independent way
> but server will transmit sync information between these two entities. !!
> * Developing my application with XMPP/Jabber protocol !!
>

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wow this is some pretty deep stuff dude
acc to me with my limited understanding of your project based on this
questions my suggestions would be to stick to flash and it should give
you a stable platform for both desktop and browser

desktop via AIR

xmpp is a gr8 protocol

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> Remember I just need to record voice of user and save to my server which
> user can download or play it in browser . I am trying my best effort to
> avoid flash. also i want my streaming to be on ogg format ??
>

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remember though in flash the file recorded on the server is a flv file
you will have to extract the audio out of it and encode
and i believe for java applet also it will be the same but java has
support for wav format and this will have to be converted into mp3 on
the server or ogg format

the only reason am suggesting flash is because it is present on more
computers now then java

also checked out your site you have nice dreams of yours mentioned
there good luck dancing on that stage someday :)

Bye
Regards
Fritz