Cool! On 17-Aug-09, at 4:57 PM, Lauren Galanter wrote:
> Just a bit of info about adaptive streaming, it's gaining a lot of > momentum. > At work we use the Move player (which ABC uses to stream full > episodes, / > www.movenetworks.com). Each video gets "simulcoded" to multiple > profiles > which each have different video/audio bitrates and display sizes, > all the > way from postage stamp 32kbps to HD 2000+kbps. We then hacked things > to make > it appear that the video is playing in our own branded player so > it's a > seamless UEX. Then the users' bandwidth and CPU power is dectected > on-the-fly to play a certain profile. > > Adobe also offers Adaptive Streaming which I don't have experience > using. > > But here's a writeup on newteevee: > http://newteevee.com/2009/06/10/the-lowdown-on-apples-http-adaptive-bitrate-streaming/ > > But I think it'll be a while before this tech is offered for > consumer video > hosting solutions. For now, I agree uploading multiple files would > be the > best way. > > -Lauren > > Lauren Galanter > > www.laurengalanter.com > www.linkedin.com/in/laureng > 610-761-4435 > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Rupert Howe <rup...@twittervlog.tv> > wrote: > > > > > > > No, the Vimeo/Blip files are not low bandwidth. > > They would take a long time to watch on a narrowband or mobile > > connection, even 3G. > > And they require Flash player. > > > > You need to offer alternative versions. It's a drag, but it's > > necessary. To be accessible for narrowband, your video will have > poor > > quality images, and/or very small resolution. There's no point in > > only catering to the lowest common denominator - you might as well > > offer those *as well as* high quality files. Set the high quality > > files as default, and offer the small files as a clickable option > > below the player. I don't have experience of the single file type > > your guidelines talk about, which shrinks for slower connections and > > plays at higher quality for larger connections. As far as I know, a > > big file is a big file. > > > > You can make pretty much any format as a small size file - just > lower > > the resolution, framerate, bitrate. 3gp is a common format for small > > video files, but I understand it's basically just an mpeg4 file. I > > always used to get really small file sizes from wmv Windows files. > > > > If you're having problems with high quality Vimeo files stuttering > > (are they HD? - if so, that's probably why) use Blip. You can upload > > a great looking iPod quality H264 MP4 file to Blip, which will > play in > > their Flash player instead of the lower quality flv file they > > automatically generate. If you're still getting stuttering on your > > connection, export another version with lower bitrate. > > > > Ryanne gives great advice about compression settings on: > > http://freevlog.org > > > > We don't hear much about accessibility here any more, but we should. > > There are a *lot* of people without broadband. And even some of > those > > with 'broadband' don't have fast enough connections to watch > streaming > > video properly. I know someone in South Africa - in Johannesburg, > the > > capital - who says that it's impossible to stream YouTube there. You > > have to wait ages to let them buffer - even using the internet > > connection in his architectural company's offices in downtown > > Jo'burg. If that's true for a relatively rich country like South > > Africa, imagine the situation in the rest of the world. > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv > > > > > > On 13-Aug-09, at 6:59 PM, Irene Duma wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > I am finishing up some videos for a site that has stringent > > > accessibility guidelines. Since this is a Gov. fund, they want > us not > > > to ignore the low-bandwidth users. The Video specs require that we > > > provide low bandwidth versions. > > > > > > I was hoping to just upload to a Vimeo or Blip and embed the code. > > > Would these Flash files be considered "multi-bitrate streaming > video > > > files?" As per the requirement below > > > > > > "Video files prepared for delivery in a high-bandwidth environment > > > also have a low-bandwidth version, or are multi-bitrate streaming > > > video files. " > > > > > > The client preferred the look of the Vimeo videos, but we are > finding > > > that they stutter a lot on one of our machines. This looks to be a > > > problem as I see this topic coming up a lot in their forums. > > > > > > Any advice on how to make sure one can do this using videos > embedded > > > from a Video hostinig company? I haven't created multiple versions > > > of videos in a while, and would really rather not. > > > > > > BTW. The complete tech specs for accessibility are here. It's a > > > Canadian Heritage fund that gives out nice chunks of money to > groups > > > who are eligible > > > http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/pcce-ccop/publctn/techguide-eng.cfm#jmp- > > > lan5_4 > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Irene > > > > > > Irene Duma > > > Strange Duck Media > > > ...a good egg > > > > > > ir...@strangeduck.com <irene%40strangeduck.com> > > > T 709-738-2242 > > > C 709-699-8205 > > > www.strangeduck.com > > > web and digital design for your > > > business marketing needs > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
