[thelist] Streaming video

Courtenay court3nay at gmail.com
Mon Oct 18 14:16:17 CDT 2004


Have you looked at Quicktime?

http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/streaming/


On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:15:07 -0700, Pavel Dudrenov <dudrenov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Well the dirtyest and the cheapest fix is to try to change the
> preloader of the flash file it's self. Instead of strating to play
> when 100% is preloaded. Try to start playing at 75% or 50%...... Play
> with it. This is by no way perfect, but only the quick fix.
> 
> Later,
> Pavel
> 
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:45:13 -0600, Chris George <cgeorge at basecorp.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We have a client that currently has 8 video clips ranging from 5-11 mins
> > on their site. The current setup is that it's in Flash (MX) as and
> > imported FLV (providing us decent compression, easily-skinnable
> > controls, and no additional plugins). However, they're between 6-12mb,
> > depending on the length of the clips, and the wait can get very
> > annoying, especially on congested DSL connections.
> >
> > We're pricing out other options, one of which would be streaming. Our
> > host provides some packages, but they're too lightweight for what we're
> > looking for. We also have an rfq in to VitalStream, so that's still
> > pending.
> >
> > My questions are:
> >
> > Does anyone recommend streaming?
> >
> > Is there a provider that stands out as reliable and full-featured?
> >
> > Are there other solutions out there that _aren't_ streaming but that
> > would provide us with a similar user experience?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Chris.
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