You'll want to read this....
http://highscalability.com/youtube-architecture
A lil C and Perl might keep up for awhile.... However you'll need a well
configured lighttpd for the video server before long.
Also yeah I'd say 99% of these install issues are due to the C code being
compiled in a different OS. Paths and stuff vary from *nix OS to OS.
-Ben
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