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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> probably due more to server load than end-user bandwidth though.)
>
> Probably not. Probably due to bottlenecks between you and the backbone.
Shouldn't that affect *all* traffic, not just YouTube?
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>> I don't follow.
>
> Netflix streaming video service. I use it myself, generally get good
> results over a 3 Mbps (down) DSL connection.
>
> Or hulu.com. Or BBC iPlayer for that matter.
BBC iPlayer I've actually used. The quality is not even close to what
you see on TV.
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> BBC iPlayer I've actually used. The quality is not even close to what you
> see on TV.
What bandwidth did you have available at the time?
Try this page to check:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics
After it's done the tests it tells you which services you can get in
realtime. I've never used it, but I assume there are options for HD (3500
kbps), and various bandwidth versions for SDTV. The top SDTV one is 1500
kbps, that should almost be broadcast quality.
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And lo On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:57:40 +0200, nemesis
<nam### [at] gmail com> did spake thusly:
> Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>
>>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>>
>>> youtube sucks...
>> ...is something supposed to happen?
>
> besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, it
> should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in
> general...
Ah I've been corrupted I was a) waiting for everything to speed up and the
car to hit him and b) thinking if they cut this down to 30 seconds or so
it'd make a great perfume commercial.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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On 4/28/2010 8:44 AM, Invisible wrote:
> It is utterly baffling to me that this is possible. In my experience,
> YouTube on its own is very unreliable. At certain times of day it's just
> unusuable, while at other times it's just about stable. (I guess this is
> probably due more to server load than end-user bandwidth though.)
For a while I was severely annoyed with Youtube, it seemed like no
matter what, you'd get huge delays and it would take forever to stream.
The thing with video sharing services like that is that it's really
dependent on the source material. e.g. If the source material is
compressed beyond reason, then it'll look like crap, no matter what.
I've seen some videos on Youtube that look beautiful, but I've also seen
videos on Youtube where I couldn't exactly tell what I was looking at.
With Netflix, at least the source is of good quality, so you get decent
quality video.
--
~Mike
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On 4/28/2010 4:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:18:21 +0100, Invisible wrote:
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>> Again, that's all very nice. But unless you have insane levels of
>> bandwidth available, it's not going to work.
>
> 3 Mbps isn't "insane" by today's standards. It's what I've got, and the
Hardly. Barely average now ... :D
> a 9' diagonal screen
want... :D
--
~Mike
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On 4/28/2010 11:18 AM, nemesis wrote:
>> Why doesn't my Atari 2600 do HD?
>
> I was talking about modern game consoles.
Yeah, I know ... but it seems like Andrew is living somewhere in the past :)
--
~Mike
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On 4/28/2010 4:18 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Has nothing to do with being a programmer. I know quite a few
> professional software engineers who have home cinema setups to watch
> movies, and far prefer that over watching in front of their computer
> screen.
I have an HTPC connected to my TV that I use for watching streaming
video and movies. Much more relaxed and comfortable than sitting at my
desk.
--
~Mike
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On 4/28/2010 9:54 AM, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>
> Isn't "NTSC color" like "ATM machine"?
But its still very common usage. We come from the department of
redundancy department. ;)
> Oh wait, "Never Twice Same Color" is not the official acronym meaning? :)
No, no it isn't. :) But it seems like it should be.. :)
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~Mike
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4bd93db9$1@news.povray.org...
> Shouldn't that affect *all* traffic, not just YouTube?
Example: Orange (aka France Telecom aka Suicide Alley) had a falling out
with Cogent, who provides transit from the US to them. Result: until their
little quarrel is resolved, Cogent is throttling the tubes(1) so watching
YouTube or downloading from MegaUpload has become a PITA at certain hours.
It does affect all US-based content, though it's more obvious with video or
filesharing. Orange users were a little bit annoyed when they discovered
that other ISPs were not affected.
G.
(1) Actually, some people are accusing Cogent, others blame Orange.
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