web server choppy video playback

[cedric813]

I have a web page with an embedded wmv video on it. When I run the page locally on my system it plays perfectly fine. However, when I load up my web server on my computer and run the page with the embedded video through the web server (e.g. http://localhost/index.html), the video is choppy for the first couple of seconds. It seems that running the page through the web server slows everything down. Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone know how I can tweak the web server so that it is faster? Or anything else I can do?

Thanks for any help you can provide :-)

[Major Payne]

Could be a problem within the coding of the video itself> Recommended:

1. Start downloading into memory (buffering)
2. Measure the speed the download is coming in at
3. Determine when you have enough video to play without having to buffer again plus some leeway for inconsistent download rates
4. Start playing
5. Keep the memory copy until the player is unloaded

There is a difference between Progressive Download (Youtube) and Streaming (Viddler). I think Adobe has addressed this some where on their site. Bandwidth plays some part too.

Ron