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Posted by Kill Bill on 11/29/06 16:57
Jefferis NoSpamme wrote:
> Hi Folks, Got a major question here, if anyone can help, it would be
> appreciated:
>
> Someone called today and wants to convert 20 hours of miniDV footage for the
> web each month,
>
> From what I know of Flash, once you get files of a certain size and length
> of time, the audio portion no longer syncs. His market will be on both Mac
> and Windows computers. Mostly the videos are talking head stuff, no fast
> motions. But I got concerned both with the potential file sizes and server
> options, since they initially were interested in non-streaming servers.
>
> Here are the questions I had and was hoping someone could help me find the
> right answers:
> 1. The videos are in 1 hour segments. Compressed for broadband, roughly how
> large are these miniDV files going to be? 100 megs???
100 megs per video if your lucky.
> 2. can they be served as downloadable/flash videos, or are they still going
> to need a streaming server [assuming there are only a max of 10 computers
> watching at any given time and you are not taxing the non-streaming server].
No. Flash is downloaded as needed. You have a flash player (one which
you design), and the videos are actually .FLV files downloaded in the
background and placed in your browsers cache.
> 3. Does anyone have any idea how long it would take to compress a 1 hour
> minidv for the web on a fast desktop? I currently use a G5 dual with Cleaner
> 6.5 but would upgrade to a new computer...
This is a real black art. And each compressor software will have it's
own calculations. Having that G5 will help, but in general, the more
horse power you can throw at it, the better.
> 4. Are there better options using Breeze or some other streaming that makes
> a lot more sense? And if so, where can I find pricing on what I'm trying to
> do including hosting for these large files? They estimate there may be a
> total of 150 hours of education online at any given time...
150 x 100-200 Megs each == One hell of a bandwidth bill.
Perhaps you're better off placing them on YouTube or one of these other
videos sites that have popped up all over.
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeff
despite the fact that everyone can go round and round on which "player"
is the best.. I think that Flash serves as a great platform to play
video from.. It's market penetration, with browser integration.. and no
one needs to download any special software to watch.
-bill
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