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2 replies. Latest Post by JoeReynolds on February 12, 2008.
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JoeReynolds
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02-11-2008 11:40 PM |
We deliver wmv files from Windows Media Server on Windows 2003 Enterprise server configured to support http on port 80.
This has woked fine. Response is snappy and dragging the timeline on a long video (some up to five hours) is almost instant in Windows Media Player embedded in a web page.
Recently we moved to Silverlight for presentation. Some nice features and we want to stay with Silverlight. However, video viewed in Silverlight takes long to buffer when sliding the video timeline control.
Why is this, and is there anyway to make silverlight as snappy as media player when delivering from the WMS?
I seem to see conflicting reports on whether to use mms or http. What does MS recommend?
y_makram
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02-12-2008 7:12 AM |
Silverlight media experience is not yet as optimized as WMP, especially with large files. Hopefully in future release we will see performance enhancements.
02-12-2008 6:48 PM |
I suppose I'll have to install SL 1.1 and see if the streaming is any better. Meantime this is a real bummer for those of us who WANT to adopt Silverlight. By doing so our viewers are given a less optimal experience than using an embedded Windows Media Player.