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In this video we'll take a look at video streaming and more specifically the MP for module.

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First of all there's modulars not both by default.

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So it will have to be added to the install flags during the ball process by setting the flag with hgt

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MP for module Now this module doesn't exactly an able video streaming as that would only really require

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serving the file.

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But if we take a look at the documentation we can see what the module offers his control over streaming

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rate and also the streaming buffer sizes.

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It also enables pseudo streaming to demonstrate this if added an MP for video file to that original

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downloads directory and I'll head over to my editor with the engine X configuration file open and first

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of all I'll just define a new location for MP for files from their downloads directory.

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Say location regex modifier then matching anything ending with an MP for file extension.

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Next I'll set the root directory for this context to slash site slash downloads and define the MP for

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module inside the location block then to control the size of processing buffers.

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We can say MP for underscore buffer underscore size 4 megabytes.

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MP 4 underscore Max underscore buffer size 10 megabytes.

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This will simply tell engine X how much memory to allocate to processing the headers of the stream.

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Then should a larger buffer be required what the maximum allowed buffer should be.

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Anything over this will result in a five hundred internal server error.

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Now if we save this reload the configuration file and head over to the browser.

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I'll never go to that video file but going to slash big buck by any dot MP for.

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And sure enough after a second or two the video starts playing as expected.

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Of course most modern browsers will deal with an MP for file just fine but in addition to controlling

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buffer sizes as engine X MP for module also allows pseudo streaming meaning that we can actually specify

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a starting time and even an ending time for this video.

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If I go to the you earlier and specify start equals say 15 seconds and hit enter.

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This video will now start playing at 15 seconds in.

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So overall a very helpful module and really a must have for any Web site with streaming video content.