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torola
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Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:
Playing multiple bitrate files |
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When using a Mac and playing a multiple bitrate file (56K, 150K, 300K) PLayer
for some reason always plays the lowest bitrate as a default. So eventhough I
have a fast connection I get the 56K bitrate video. Why is that? Is this some
kind of a bug?
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Harri Mellin
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Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Playing multiple bitrate files |
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In article <04062DF0-7DD9-47BA-8BD9-EDD994A2DB90@microsoft.com>,
torola <torola@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | When using a Mac and playing a multiple bitrate file (56K, 150K, 300K) PLayer
for some reason always plays the lowest bitrate as a default. So eventhough I
have a fast connection I get the 56K bitrate video. Why is that? Is this some
kind of a bug?
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known bug that microsoft never will fix
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Playing multiple bitrate files |
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On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:44:49 +0100, Harri Mellin
<atz02-NoSpAm-@netscape.net> wrote:
| Quote: | In article <04062DF0-7DD9-47BA-8BD9-EDD994A2DB90@microsoft.com>,
torola <torola@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
When using a Mac and playing a multiple bitrate file (56K, 150K, 300K) PLayer
for some reason always plays the lowest bitrate as a default. So eventhough I
have a fast connection I get the 56K bitrate video. Why is that? Is this some
kind of a bug?
known bug that microsoft never will fix
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What he meant to say is that the media player doesn't pass to the
media server it's available bandwidth capability.
For that reason, media server assumes the client can only play the
lowest bandwidth media content in the MBR file.
You could try to override this using the WMBitrate or WMContentBitrate
query string values available for WMP, which are passed to the server
AFAIK : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315959/EN-US/
You might need to test this works with the standalone player first,
and (if it does), then you'll need to use a client-side sniff to
determine the player version and platform, and alter your ASX or media
link accordingly.
HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Playing multiple bitrate files |
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] <neil@nospam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | known bug that microsoft never will fix
What he meant to say is that the media player doesn't pass to the
media server it's available bandwidth capability.
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....even if you set this up in the WMP preferneces (that's the "knwon
bug" part :-\ ).
| Quote: | For that reason, media server assumes the client can only play the
lowest bandwidth media content in the MBR file.
You could try to override this using the WMBitrate or WMContentBitrate
query string values available for WMP, which are passed to the server
AFAIK : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315959/EN-US/
You might need to test this works with the standalone player first,
and (if it does), then you'll need to use a client-side sniff to
determine the player version and platform, and alter your ASX or media
link accordingly.
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I'll keep that in reference. Thanks a million for the information Neil,
I didn't know this KB :-))
Corentin
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