Thanks Matthew! Any takers for the Flash Comm side? ;-) Eric
Matthew Small wrote: >WMV is an excellent tool for CBT, and in fact is used all over the world for >that purpose. The WMP is installed on every Windows Machine, and is >available for Mac as well. > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia will get you started with the answer >to about every question you could ever have. > >If you already have Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server, you already >have all of the tools in place to start streaming media using WMV over a >unicast connection. If you need multicast broadcast, 2000 also has that >built in, but for Windows Server 2003, you need the Enterprise version. > >Encoding the media to WMV is easy as well, using the Windows Media Encoder, >available free at the Windows Media website. > >I know this stuff works because I used to work for Microsoft on the Windows >Media Support Team. > > >Matthew Small > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:13 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Video Streaming: WMV vs. Flash Communication Server > >Hi Everybody, > I've been charged with designing a media streaming solution for an >enterprise network. Because of the computer images in use on the >network, I've already ruled out Real Media and Quicktime. So, it comes >down to the pros and cons of WMV vs. Flash video. > The solution will be used primarily for CBT and web application >training. I have a lot of experience with Flash and Flash video, and >have a lot of ideas on how to integrate the video with the application. > It all comes down to streaming. Bandwidth is real concern on the >network, so I need to dole it out accordingly. I've called Macromedia >regarding Flash communication server, and got passed around a lot before >anyone knew anything about it. That shot up a red flag for me and made >me wonder if Comm Server was a backburner product with little support. > Has anyone here has good Flash Comm Server experience? Has anyone >had to choose between that and Windows Media Services? I'd love to back >the Flash side of things, but I want to make sure that the server >software has what it takes. Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance!!! > > Eric > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170366 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
