Re: xPLMediaNet: Limiting stream bandwidth per client

["Rob West" <xplworld@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tony.

I like the idea of specifying the desired bitrate in the stream URL. I
guess
there might be quality issues (digital artifacts etc) if the tracks are
transcoded twice (for example OGG->MP3/192->MP3/128), so I like the
idea of
overriding the existing transcoder settings directly if you can find a way
to do it.

Thanks for a great product (and great support!).

Rob.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Tofts" <tony@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] xPLMediaNet: Limiting stream bandwidth per client


> > However, due to the distinctly average upload bandwidth on my
> > home connection, any tracks encoded at greater than 128Kb/s
> > caused the stream to fragment :-(
>
> I have the same issue, and will be working on it
>
> > Is it possible to allow transcoding for a "remote"
player
> > (only) so that all music is encoded and streamed at a maximum
> > of 128Kb/s (for example) while allowing any other
"local"
> > clients to play the full bandwidth streams?
> > Apologies if this is already supported; I haven't found a way
> > to make it work.
>
> You can do it, but this would effect local hardware players too (as
you
> point out)...
>
> I'm thinking I could include a bitrate in the software player url,
> http://ip:port/playername/128,
including this would cause mp3's (.ogg,
.flac
> etc are already transcoded of course) to then be transcoded at the
selected
> bitrate (need to modify the transcoder to allow bitrate overrides too)
>
> Currently you can't transcode a stream, which is what I really want as
I
> stream my local radio, and I can't say when this will be available as
it's
a
> tricky one!
>
> BTW haven't done anything on xplmedianet this week, hectic week. This
> weekend am going to fix the rio ogg etc issues found and will also
make
this
> change. MVP is so close to being ready, but looks like it won't be
this
> weekend
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
>
>
>
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