Confused over streaming compression settings

[Daniel Low]

[david Eadenhall] “Is this possible to set up on my server, or is this a very complicated process to go through? This surely would be an ideal solution.”

I’m fairly sure it’s possible with a Flash player but I’ve not seen it done and I wouldn’t know how to do it. One for the Flash forums.

With Quicktime, there’d be nothing to do at all, it just does it.

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[David Eadenhall]

Dear Daniel

May I trouble you with just one LAST question?

If I opt for proper streaming, is there anyway to be able to control the quality that all my viewer’s will see, or will it be their internet connection speed that holds full control over that? I just want to know what my viewers will be seeing.

We are offering free video clips to advertise our purchasable videos. If we stream a video and their connection is bad, the quality of our video clip wont look good at all and might subsequently put them off buying our full videos. This is why im so concerned with the output quality.

Thank you again my friend

Dan

[Daniel Low]

[david Eadenhall] “If I opt for proper streaming, is there anyway to be able to control the quality that all my viewer’s will see, or will it be their internet connection speed that holds full control over that? I just want to know what my viewers will be seeing.”

The connection speed has a direct impact on the image quality. If the connection speed drops, then the picture will eventually degrade and even dissapear.

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[Mike Mcguiness]

Some tricky questions here, as the options are so varied and ones persons idea of quality is not the same as anothers.

h264 can be streamed in flv or mp4 via Flash Media Server or Wowza Media
There are some ways to test such as mogulus or FLV Hosting that might help