We use Windows 2003 Media Servicers to stream video. We use Windows Media Player for IE (with WMP Plugin for Firefox) and QuickTime (with Flip4Mac) for Mac. When we test with SL 2.0 we see a 5-10 sec wait before a stream starts. If we skip ahead we again
see that 5-10 sec buffer time. Using Windows Media Player we do not see this. It is instant.
We want to use SL 2.0 for our whole app (data, menu, upload, etc.). But we don't want to give up the instant play on Windows that WMP gives us. However, SL 2.0 Media Player helps us instantly with the Mac base.
Odd Question: Is there any way to build a 100% SL 2.0 app that streams through its own media player to MAC and Linux (Moonlight), but for Windows PCs, it replaces the SL Media Player with the plain old Windows Media Player (no SL code involved)?
Could we embed the WMP control inside of SL 2 the same way we embed it in ASPX or HTML? And if the client is MAC, the SL app shows the SL MP and if it is Windows, the SL app shows the WMP control?
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Slow Streaming Start
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We use Windows 2003 Media Servicers to stream video. We use Windows Media Player for IE (with WMP Plugin for Firefox) and QuickTime (with Flip4Mac) for Mac. When we test with SL 2.0 we see a 5-10 sec wait before a stream starts. If we skip ahead we again see that 5-10 sec buffer time. Using Windows Media Player we do not see this. It is instant.
There is a thread we replied on here about the fast start: http://silverlight.net/forums/p/440/158193.aspx
We want to use SL 2.0 for our whole app (data, menu, upload, etc.). But we don't want to give up the instant play on Windows that WMP gives us. However, SL 2.0 Media Player helps us instantly with the Mac base.
Odd Question: Is there any way to build a 100% SL 2.0 app that streams through its own media player to MAC and Linux (Moonlight), but for Windows PCs, it replaces the SL Media Player with the plain old Windows Media Player (no SL code involved)?
Could we embed the WMP control inside of SL 2 the same way we embed it in ASPX or HTML? And if the client is MAC, the SL app shows the SL MP and if it is Windows, the SL app shows the WMP control?
Am I making sense on my question?