From: "Seoane, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: mpeg vs surestream
Hardikar, In a few words or less.
MPEG is great at streaming when you have reserved or guaranteed bandwidth
like on a private, or corporate LAN but falls short when you are trying to
stream over the public internet. The internet is so unpredictable that it
helps to have a method of being able to dynamically shift (reduce or
increase) the streams rate without effecting stopping and restarting the
stream. Surestream is the only technology that has been able to get this
right so far. The one thing that I do not care for is the amount of overhead
associated with the Surestream file. For every bitrate you choose is
combined into 1 large stream. When I do a live stream and choose everything
from 80Kbps on down my actual bandwidth being used from the encoder to the
server is around 280Kbps. I also like the fact that I can encode 1 file and
all my users have access to that file at no matter what connection speed
they have. I have users in Europe that can only get 20kbps from their
dial-up but they are still able to get my streams. Hope this helps some.
-d
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Subject: mpeg vs surestream
From: "hardikar, jayant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mpeg vs surestream
Pardon me if this is a very basic question. If I can stream mpeg at 300 =
kbps
and I can also stream the same content as Real SureStream at 300 kbps, =
why
would I want to go one way or the other? If I want to stick with true
international standards, would I not choose mpeg?
thanks!
jay
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