From: "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:46:33 +0000
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At 20:04 23/11/2005, you wrote:
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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:52:27 -0800
From: Graham Anderson <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Compression Master [slightly ot]
To: Users QuickTime <email@hidden>
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Are there any reasons NOT to use MBR with Windows Streaming Server ?
Yes there are : Mac WMP9 doesn't send it's bitrate capabilities to
WMS. So it *always* gets the lowest bitrate stream regardless of if
it can manage to play one of the higher bitrates. The stream
selection is broken - it's a bug. You'll probably want to client
sniff mac browsers and provide a 'stream selection' link or page instead.
This company does a lot of live video game streaming. For example,
if there is a Quake game tournament in Chicago, they are sticking a
camera in front of the video game monitor...amongst other things. So
there is a lot more pixel activity than a normal video.
In the attempt to accommodate the material, they have been streaming
a SINGLE 600-650+ kbit stream for all live and non-live streams.
Sure, but do they need 25fps or can you do it with less for online
video ? You could be able to reduce the bitrate a little using 15 vs
25 and nobody would really notice the difference (or care) for online
streams, IMO.
>So with that kind intro, what kind of MBR rates would you guys
consider acceptable ? Or, for all non-live material, should I use
HTTP streaming instead.
Better ask Ben for that one ;-)
And, as this is getting even more OT what forums are recommended for
Windows Streaming and Windows Streaming Server Issues ?
You can try the WMTalk mailing list, or the public newsgroups such as
