Streaming Video

How does one stream a video to their website or embed it on a page in the website? Thanks.

 

Hi,
With Silverlight Smooth Streaming:
http://www.iis.net/expand/SmoothStreaming

This is supported on DASP WS2008/IIS7 accounts now.

To embed the video Microsoft Expression Encoder is used.
MSDN Article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336025.aspx
All the best,
Mark

 

Hello,

As a further note we also support Bitrate Throttling along with the Smooth Streaming feature,

but do not support the Web Playlist and Live Smooth Streaming features in our environment.

 

I wish they would have called that something else. People see "throttling" and think bad thoughts.

But bitrate throttling actually saves you money (by saving bandwidth).

When really smart people somewhere analyzed the way humans consume internet video, they found that most of us do not watch an entire video. But the traditional way video is served is to send the entire file to the visitor, no matter how much of it they are going to watch.

Rather than downloading the entire file, bitrate throttling sends the file in smaller bites. The end user experience is the same - the video plays smoothly and continually - but since it is downloaded in sections, if the user bails out after watching 50% of a video, they have only downloaded 50% (or slightly more) of the video.

The end result is a lot less wasted bandwidth.

 

Follow-up Question

First off, thank you for all the replies. Secondly, I was hoping for a bit more detail in the actual process of streaming video to our website hosted by DiscountASP. How do I go from an actual DVD video to a viewable version on our live website. Thank you.

 

Hi,
Do you have the latest Microsoft Expression Studio?
Just about any web enabled video can be used. i.e. mp4, wmv, etc.
Expression has a new screen recorder, not fully featured like Camtasia Studio but it does work.
You can record from your screen or load an existing video.
Once Expression Encoder re-encodes your video you can create the output needed.

Please keep in mind I am not recommending ways to copy from copy-protected DVDs.
All the best,
Mark

 

I do not have any of that video software. I have the video I want to post in an mp4 format. How can I post it to the website? Thanks.

 

Hi,
I've created a sample project for you, just replace the sample mp4 in this ZIP file and edit the page with any changes you need:
http://www.msftwise.com/code/WebExample.zip
(1.13MB ZIP archive)
All the best,
Mark

 

Mark,
Thank you again for all your help. I opened your sample file and it worked fine. When I replaced your sample .mp4 with the .mp4 I want to use, it will not play. It has the first screen shot with the play symbol but when I click the play symbol it is just black screen. Is there something else I need to change or alter or do? Thanks

 

Hi,
Did you look at the code for the script that loads the video?
Just rename the parts that load the video...all you need is any text editor.
If you don't have one search on-line for "Editpad Lite", it's free and works great.
All the best,
Mark

 

Mark,
No, I did not. Which specific file contains that code and what in the file specifically am I looking to change? I apologize for my ignorance, but I am new to the whole world of working with video. Thank you.

 

Hi,
I've removed that example file and replaced it with this one:
http://www.msftwise.com/code/WebExample.zip

Didn't realize it when I added that but Camtasia Studio 7 creates a flash loader the script uses. You would have needed CS to edit that. Sorry for any confusion.

It really isn't as easy to play MP4's on the Web unless you have either a Flash or Silverlight loader, or of course just uploading it to youtube.
Have you thought of that by the way? Create an account on youtube and embed your own videos on your pages with their code?

If you want to use the new sample posted above it will work but not as well as the loaders I've mentioned.
Just open the player_embed.js file in the media folder and edit the mp4 name there.
All the best,
Mark

 

Video

I tried the example html but got the following error and it won't play.

"The file you are attempting to play has an extension (.mp4) that does not match the file format."

I am using I am using Media Player Version 11.0.5721.5280