Re: 512K all the time?
- From: nwr <nwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:56:08 -0700
Thanks for the tip - I will use these..the main issue I was confused about
was that the total amount of data streamed was far in excess of the file
sizes but I managed to fiddle with some settings and get the media down to an
acceptable 256kbps without loss of quality.
"Mike Lowery" wrote:
> A 512Kbps file will stream at a higher rate due to network overhead. I suggest
> you use the following tools:
>
> Determine your actual bandwidth:
> http://www.dslreports.com/stest
>
> Sniff the network traffic to find out what's actually happening:
> http://www.ethereal.com/
>
> "nwr" <nwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CC7CBF27-8DF2-433E-804A-8354378855C1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I setting up wm server 2003 for a handful of on-demand unicast clients. I've
> > used Movie Maker to create slide shows and it seem 512kbps gives the
> > acceptable audio and video quality and makes files of approx 3Mb. I will have
> > a limited internet pipe - up to 2Mbps but may be less so I have tested the
> > server by setting the limit for all connections 1024Mbs on the WM Server
> > control panel and running 2 separate user connections on my LAN(I tried this
> > with load simulator first but that keeps falling over if I add more than 1
> > user).
> >
> > I have found that I get a server busy error when I try to connect the second
> > user unless I increase the connection limit to way above 1024 on the server
> > control panel. This error occurs when I try to connect the second user at any
> > time the first user is still playing. With the availability of fast
> > start/cache I would expect the first user to have finished buffering after a
> > short time and then the server would allow the second user connection.
> >
> > My first question is will a 512kbps file always use 512k of the pipe and
> > thus prevent other connections?
> >
> > With fast start/cache and the full 1024kbps availability the first user
> > should have streamed the entire file in the first 24 seconds.
> >
> > If this is the case then what's the server streaming the rest of the 3
> > minutes and why is it preventing another connection?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Nigel
> >
>
>
>
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