[Web4lib] Streaming video buffering?

[Andrew Hankinson]

What version of Windows Media are they in?  Depending on the version,
you might have some luck with VLC or Mplayer.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

-Andrew


On 4/24/07, Edward Corrado <corrado at tcnj.edu> wrote:
> This may be a long shot, but...
>
> We are trying to stream the Annenberg CPB streaming video series "Teaching
> Foreign Languages K-12" via the learning.org video on demand service into
> our library. The videos are in Windows Media player format. It will play
> for a while and then stop. I think the problem is mostly due to our
> inconsistent (and relatively slow) network connections during peak usage
> time. I was thinking if an alternative to Windows Media player that
> allowed increased buffering options (Windows media player only seems to
> allow buffering up to 60 seconds of content), maybe we could get it to
> work better. Does anyone have any other options or tricks they can share
> (besides the obvious, which is to get increased bandwidth)?
>
> FWIW: The actual videos we are trying to view are at:
> http://tinyurl.com/2lr6yj
>
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