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Optimal Settings for WMP Streaming Video | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Aug 27 18:37 | ||
| I'm using Windows Media Encoder and a capture card to capture a video camera. What are the optimal settings to use for Bit rate, Video Size, Audio kbps and kHz, stereo/mono, etc. on Windows Media Encoder to stream the video online? I don't want something too bad that will give poor video/audio quality or something too high that will keep buffering or affect people with slower internet connections.
It's to record a college class, so there will be projector images, small text, writing on whiteboard, etc. Any ideas? Thanks! | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Sep 14 12:58 | ||
| anyone? | ||
| creamyhorror posted 2009 Sep 14 13:23 | ||
| It would probably be best if you could capture a bit of sample footage first and then try encoding it with different settings in WME to see how they look. Depending on your resolution (which I assume is SD), you can try 500-2000kbps. Stereo audio at 64-96kbps, or maybe 128kbps if you're going for quality over filesize/buffering time. | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Sep 15 18:22 | ||
| Those settings seem a bit high for streaming video. I'm worried about filesize/buffering time.
I'm currently using 381Kbps bitrate, 640 x 480, 32Kbps and 44kHz mono (a/v) 1-pass CBR. | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Sep 15 18:28 | ||
| I'm currently using 381Kbps bitrate, 640 x 480, 32Kbps and 44kHz mono (a/v) 1-pass CBR. | ||
| creamyhorror posted 2009 Sep 15 21:57 | ||
| Well, if it looks good to you then go for it. | ||
| poisondeathray posted 2009 Sep 15 22:37 | ||
| If feasible for your workflow, you would get much better quality if you recorded lossless or uncompressed then encoded to your final streaming format offline, at a 2nd stage. This allows you more efficient bitrate allocation by using a 2pass mode.
If you used h.264/aac you would get much better quality and smaller filesize than using wmv. At these low bitrates ranges , probably less than 1/2 for the same bitrate if you used wmv | ||
| mp3superfreak posted 2009 Sep 22 07:44 | ||
| We use 640x480 at 380kb/s for our video streaming using WME, but let our customers know it does not work well for displaying websites or any fonts under 18-20 point. For smaller fonts or screen sharing, we recommend a web-conferencing product such as Adobe Connect. | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Sep 24 11:29 | ||
Are these settings I can change in WME? I will look into that. I heard encoding to flash is the way to go now. I just have to find a cost efficient software and capture card that can do this. | ||
| john_doe1 posted 2009 Sep 24 18:12 | ||
| whoops just edited the message above. i quoted the wrong person. |
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