We have it at my company but I haven't messed with it much yet. I can tell you that if you're going to use video files much over about 5 minutes in length streaming is definitely the way to go. Progressive download is the best you can do with external FLV files without using Flash Com Server, and beyond about 5 minutes the files sizes get a bit ridiculous to do with progressive download.
Also just as an aside, there is a length limit (I think it's about 3 minutes or so) to what you can do with video that you import directly into Flash (i.e. not an external FLV but video actually imported into Flash). After that time limit the audio will start to drift apart from the video. I think later this year I should finally have time to mess more with FCS. We've had it for about a year and I just haven't had the time/opportunity to dive in yet. It's definitely a cool technology! Matt On 4/25/05, Tim Starling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone had much experience with Flash Communication Sever? > Specifically, how much performance enhancement do you see for streaming > Flash files? This is for a site that will have a lot of streaming flash > files – probably in the hundreds already. And some of the flash files are > 10 MB. This is on a Win 2003 server, 1 GB RAM, etc. This will be one of two > sites on the server. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim > > > > > > -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com
