Hi Jess, > "j s" <jslist at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > At work they want to do 30 minute streaming meetings over the web and > there are band width issues. I've got a great camera - but need help on > compressing them - then buffering them over the web. (Especially > buffering) Any suggestions? Is Windows Media Server any help? I > understand it comes free with Win 2003 Server. I'd compress/convert them with the open source ffmpeg (the swiss army knife of video): http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ Sounds like yours is a Windows shop, so here's the Windows port: http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/ffmpeg/ Or here's how to build your own, if you prefer: http://www.salyens.com/mingw/ But let a professional streaming video server host it for you. Here are two competent and reasonably priced providers: http://www.streamguys.com/streamingservices/ondemand.html http://playstream.com/services/ondemandinfo.aspx Streamguys even has a nice calculator to help you figure out exactly how *much* you might want to compress it. Enter the bit rate quality, # of minutes and max concurrent viewers you have to support and it gives you the price. HTH, -dave