From: Steve McMillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting MP3's on the fly and streaming them
1) How long does the conversion take before it can begin streaming a 1
MB mp3 at a below broadcast quality sampling rate?
Depends on the codecs choosen and the file size input but someting on
the order of 15-20% realtime for a single target audience should be a
good estimate. You should test this with the RealProducer.
2) What kind of load does this place on the server?
Significant. It is advisable you do the encoding on a separate machine
and use shared network drives to share files between the server and the
producer.
3) Is there an object model exposed by RealServer or RealProducer that
can be controlled from Visual Basic?
Yes. The RealProducer ActiveX control will allow you to encode
realmedia files based on an input filename, output name. You can also
run the RealProducer in batch mode using the rmbatch utility provided
with the RealProducer Plus.
cheers!
RealForum wrote:
>
> From: "Craig Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Converting MP3's on the fly and streaming them
>
> I am looking to take existing media files on our server (mp2's, mp3's, =
> etc) and convert them on request to real audio files and then stream =
> them to the user requesting them.
>
> Can anyone tell me:
> 1) How long does the conversion take before it can begin streaming a 1 =
> MB mp3 at a below broadcast quality sampling rate?
>
> 2) What kind of load does this place on the server?
>
> 3) Is there an object model exposed by RealServer or RealProducer that =
> can be controlled from Visual Basic?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Craig Cook
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