Re: Streaming MBR Files always on maximum rate

Thanks for the answers Neil.
They (management) decided to just go around it and limit the total bandwidth
per user to 400k so it is now solved.
Shahar

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

Out of interest, try playing the file again. Now go to WMP View ->
Statistics -> Advanced. What values do you see for these fields :

Maximum bit rate
Selected bit rate
Bandwidth AVailable
Bandwidth in use
Protocol

I can't think what might be up, but those figures should be useful. If
you cared to publish a temporary URL I could take a look here....


Cheers - Neil

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:07:00 -0800, Manjero
<Manjero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Neil for the quick response.
I tried it on a couple of different computers mostly using WMP 9 or 10.
I always get the highest bitrate available (1000k).
When I tested it on a computer connected to a fast enough line it ran smoothly
but it also tries to stream 1000k to my home connection which causes it to
buffer constantly.
Its a 2003 standard using unicast using fastcache.
files were made with buffer of 3 or 7 depending on the rate.
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:38:58 -0800, Manjero
<Manjero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Im trying to stream MBR files from a server and it always seems to stream on
the maximum rate i encoded the file at. it doesnt lower the rate for a slower
line which causes buffering and the video to run not smoothly.
any thoughts?


Which/how many players have you tested this on ? If you fool the
server by specifying a bitrate higher than you can receive by manually
setting the bitrate available to the player, that might be one cause.

Cheers - Neil
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