[Web4lib] Streaming video buffering?

[Cary Gordon]

I don't think that more buffering will solve the problem. I would guess that
the bandwidth problem is on your end, so unless the buffer is as long as the
video, you are going to overrun a 331 Kb/s stream. If the video could be
downloaded and played locally, that would help, but that does not seem to be
available on the Annenberg site.

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Edward Corrado
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:25 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Streaming video buffering?

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