title: ffmpeg streaming multiple avi files as created
body: <p>Backstory:
  I have a VB.net program (that is using a much older COM object accessing a DVR) to create sequentially numbered AVI files each 15 seconds in length. A new AVI is created every 15 seconds with the most recent 15 seconds of video in it. I know the exact datetime that correlates to each file. So files may be named (20121008-133445.avi, so yyyyMMdd-hhmmss.avi).</p>
  
  <p>Question: Using ffmpeg/ffserver (preferably but I'm open), how can I create a stream such that when a person accesses it that they are presented a continuous video that starts at a position that is as recent as possible and continues to stream the avi files as they are created?</p>
  
  <p>I don't have a problem shipping these files off to a Linux box via a samba share (or have the linux box access a share on the windows box) if Linux is more capable. I am however stuck with Windows for the actual generation of the original AVI files.</p>
  
  <p>The ultimate goal is to be able to view these streams on an iPad, but that process seems pretty well documented elsewhere. </p>
  
  <p>I found a question that reads similar to my needs but didn't seem to go anywhere: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10825476/ffmpeg-make-mpeg2-ts-without-discontinuity">FFmpeg make mpeg2 ts without discontinuity</a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>