From: "Dennis Lembree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: low bandwidth encoding
Hello all:
I am having problems with low-bandwidth users viewing my .smil video
presentation. I am encoding the 28k-targeted .rm file at 16kbps and the
56k-targeted .rm file at 32kbps. The two graphics and .rt files are only 1k
each.
The ISDN and T1 files work just fine.
At what target bitrate is everyone encoding for videos?
What rates are being used in the .smil switch tags for videos?
Any ideas on how to make the streaming better for low-bandwidth users? (At
least until the bandwidth explosion finally arrives!) The pre-roll also
seems to be abnormally long (20-35 seconds) for the low-bandwidths.
http://www.careertv.net/ram/ctv-pilot.ram
Any feedback is appreciated!
-Dennis Lembree
Online Producer, CareerShop.com
(407)363-9944 x198
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Here is the body of my .smil file:
<body>
<par dur="28:30">
<switch>
<video src="ctv-t1.rm" region="video"
system-bitrate="140000" fill="freeze" />
<video src="ctv-isdn.rm" region="video"
system-bitrate="44000" fill="freeze" />
<video src="ctv-56k.rm" region="video"
system-bitrate="34000" fill="freeze" />
<video src="ctv-28k.rm" region="video"
system-bitrate="14000" fill="freeze" />
</switch>
<switch>
<img src="../ctv-logo1.gif" region="careertvlogo"
fill="freeze"
system-bitrate="44000" />
<img src="../ctv-logo2.gif" region="careertvlogo"
fill="freeze" system-bitrate="14000" />
</switch>
<img
src="../searchjobs.gif?url=http://www.careershop.com/JobSrchIQ.ASP"
region="searchjobs" />
<img
src="../postresume.gif?url=http://www.careershop.com/Applogin.asp"
region="postresume" />
<img src="../cs-logo.gif?url=http://www.careershop.com"
region="cslogo"
fill="freeze" />
<ref src="textlinks-pilot1.rt" region="textlinks1" />
<ref src="textlinks-pilot2.rt" region="textlinks2" />
</par>
</body>
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