Re: Video Streaming was Shuttle & via epia

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

There are quite a few technologies available but the three main 
contenders are MS Windows Media, Real player and quicktime.

So far, Windows Media has a fairly big edge over the rest in terms 
of quality at a given bitrate plus it's also free (well, included in 
the O/S licence). I implemented a large corporate video streaming 
solution using Windows Media (500-600 desktops and streaming servers 
at 5 remote sites). Didn't cost very much either - especially 
compared to other solutions.

If you go to www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia you can download the 
Windows Media Encoder free. This allows a number of options - 
encoding video for playack from HDD and live streaming. The live 
streaming option is very versatile in that you can set size, 
datarate, CODEC, quality, etc etc. It is fairly heavy on the CPU 
though, so if you want to broadcast full size video (720x576 at 25 
fps), you'll need a really beefy PC. Smaller 320x240 video is more 
realistic but it depends on what you want to achieve.

I've also authored many commercial CDs/DVDs using Windows Media - I 
think it's a great technology and MS are investing significant cash 
into it's development.

There are two other live streaming tools that are popular (mainly 
end user web streaming) - iVista and webcam32. The web sites are:

www.ivista.com
www.webcam32.com

Hope this helps a bit - there's plenty to learn!

Paul.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "David.Toop" <david.toop@c...>
wrote:
> As a question, what software do people use for video streaming. 
Can it cope
> with live TV? I've been searching the net and not really come up 
with
> anything (preferably Windows based)
> 
> David
> 
> 
> > - It is too slow to decode some Microsoft's streaming video (ASF
or
> whatever
> > that thing is called) - processor goes to 100%, sound is delayed
and
> frames
> > are dropped regularly.
> 
> In benchmark tests the 800 Via was pretty much on a power with my 
P2-450
> from memory.
> 
> M.



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