streaming video bandwidth usage

[techead]

guys I wasnt quite sure where to post this... but I reckon the people that WOULD know would be hanging around here

so I wanna setup a streaming video server using media portal. I have a good idea HOW to do it, but what I wanna know is,

Is it possible with a 4MB line considering the upload speed is so pathetic?? Sometime we struggle to watch streaming download, so I guess upload will never work.

But Im just confirming before I throw in the towel(ie) ("you wanna get high???")

cheers

 

[Pada]

It depends on what you want to stream and the quality. Unfortunately you won't be able to stream video with a quality of higher than 320p I suppose. Basically you can upload video on a 4Mbps line as fast as you'll be able to watch on a 512kbps line. Unfortunately that won't cut it if multiple users would like to stream the video.

 

[HavocXphere]

Depends on what upload your 4mb is running at. Remember not everyones is the same - luck of the draw.

As a reference point: For standard youtube quality, a 384k transfer rate is just short of what you need.

Since you are talking about a media server I guess you don't won't youtube quality, so I'd guesstimate that what you want to do is either not possible w/ adsl upload or only possible under certain conditions. e.g. A few people had 640k upload for a while. That plus a willingness to accept mediocre quality would work.

If on the other hand you rented a bit of space in a data centre then you would not be constrained by ADSL upload.

 

[3Com]

Can only help you with audio streaming

 

[techead]

thought so... ffs

thanks guys

and thank you Telkom!!

 

[ponder]

Unfortunately that won't cut it if multiple users would like to stream the video.

Multicast could be a possible way around this.

 

[HavocXphere]

Multicast could be a possible way around this.

Assuming everyone agrees that they want to see Topgear S3E06.