Streaming from animemusicvideos.org

[derobert]

Its coming soon. And the quality is better than You Tube.

[Nya-chan Production]

Its coming soon. And the quality is better than boochsack.

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[Clodo]

Only if the streaming is better quality than the tube's lame SD quality. I'd rather d/l than watch that, personally.

In my test, the quality are EXACT THE SAME of the local download version, because is the same file.
There isn't required any re-encoding of video stream, if is x264.
Look the second video here.

[Corran]

Only if the streaming is better quality than the tube's lame SD quality. I'd rather d/l than watch that, personally.

In my test, the quality are EXACT THE SAME of the local download version, because is the same file.
There isn't required any re-encoding of video stream, if is x264.
Look the second video here.

We want something that is more consistent across the site and more accessible to people with slower connections. Streaming the original files is kind of out of the question. It isn't really a problem though as most of the code is pretty much complete, the things holding us back are primarily logistical in nature. I'm not sure how much longer it will be... could be a few weeks to a few+ months depending on how things go.

[Clodo]

We want something that is more consistent across the site and more accessible to people with slower connections. Streaming the original files is kind of out of the question. It isn't really a problem though as most of the code is pretty much complete, the things holding us back are primarily logistical in nature. I'm not sure how much longer it will be... could be a few weeks to a few+ months depending on how things go.

Thanks again

[derobert]

In my test, the quality are EXACT THE SAME of the local download version, because is the same file.

Org uploads are typically around 100MiB. Say a little less, ~85MiB or 700 megabits. Now, a video is around 3 or 4 minutes; let's say 200 sec (3⅓ min). So, we arrive at a data rate of 3.5mbps — over 2 T1s. Assuming the video is constant bit rate, which its not, but with a large enough buffer you can pretend.

While you and I both have a faster connection than that (FiOS, f— yeah!), most people don't. And neither, for that matter, does Org (when multiplied by the number of people streaming, that's a lot of bandwidth).

But, having seen the quality of our soon-to-come streaming implementation, I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed. Even though its at a far lower bitrate.

[Clodo]

In my test, the quality are EXACT THE SAME of the local download version, because is the same file.

Org uploads are typically around 100MiB. Say a little less, ~85MiB or 700 megabits. Now, a video is around 3 or 4 minutes; let's say 200 sec (3⅓ min). So, we arrive at a data rate of 3.5mbps — over 2 T1s. Assuming the video is constant bit rate, which its not, but with a large enough buffer you can pretend.

While you and I both have a faster connection than that (FiOS, f— yeah!), most people don't. And neither, for that matter, does Org (when multiplied by the number of people streaming, that's a lot of bandwidth).

But, having seen the quality of our soon-to-come streaming implementation, I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed. Even though its at a far lower bitrate.

Totally agree.
I prefer waiting for a good buffer, and i'm quality-maniac, but i understand that you need to find a better solution for everyone.
I suggest the direct streaming of local video, only because it can be easy to become available (with some disadvantage) and i don't know there are already a solution in your mind.
Bye!

[hasteroth]

Oh My God! What a concept!

How about this.

People use the streaming to watch a video, they decide they like it.

So they download it with higher quality.

Ta-Dah!

Nobody ever said that they'd take down the download's

[Corran]

Nobody ever said that they'd take down the download's

...and no one expressed such a concern in this thread.

[hasteroth]

Nobody ever said that they'd take down the download's

...and no one expressed such a concern in this thread.

Well, lot's of people were complaining about quality and how they'd rather download. My point was: You can still download, it's not going anywhere, if you don't want to watch the stream then don't.

My other point was: You don't have to pick 1 or the other, you can treat the streaming as a sort of preview (the full video in a slightly lower quality) and then if you want to you can download the video.