Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:
Re: WMP to deliver video in chunks - newbie question. |
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:41:18 -0700, Chris Davoli
<ChrisDavoli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I'm a VB.Net, C#.Net web programmer. We want to use the Windows media player
to deliver large video files to be viewed using the Windows media player.
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.... Delivery from where ?
| Quote: | Could be live or pre-recorded. Is there a way to write code for the delivery
of large chunks (stream the video in chunks rather than all at once, because
of bandwith etc) using a programming language like C#?
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In general, Windows Media Player and other media players will download
progressively over http - that is, from a web server, they'll start to
play before the entire file has downloaded to the player.
So you don't necessarily transfer the entire file unless the user
views it to the end *and* network bitrate available is far greater
than the bitrate you encoded the clip at.
Using a media server, you'll get more granular control over the media
delivery, including the server using UDP with its lower network
overhead.
Does that answer your question ?
| Quote: | Is there any books out there on the subject?
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There's the windows media resource kit, which is worth a read,
although it probably hasn't been updated to cover stuff like fast
start etc. as it's (c) 2003 - before WM10 and the server changes were
brought out http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/6280.asp
Cheers - Neil |
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