How Smooth should Flash Video Play on 6Mbps DSL?

[Videoman54321]

Hello,

I am noticing a lot of stuttering on my Flash videos viewed over the internet, Win 7 64bit and IE 8, Opera & Chrome.

Here is a link to some tests - http://watchmymvp.com/Encoding%20Test/EncodingTest.htm

Please give some feedback on your playback experience if you would!

Some background:

I am a video producer who shoots, edits, encodes and manages a few websites.  I am very familiar with bitrates and encoding.

The videos I am seeing stuttering on are created from HD content and were encoded in Adobe Media Encoder at a bitrate from 775kbps down to 400kbps.  When I play these through my 6meg DSL connection there is a constant random stutter like the video is stuggling with a low buffer.  This happens even after the download bar shows the entire video is downloaded.

So am I expecting too much from Flash video?  Will it always be an "internet" experience and not smooth?

When I double-click the .swf files in Windows Explorer they play just fine, very smooth.

The Flash player is the latest which was uninstalled and re-installed

Thanks!

[pwillener]

Smoothness of streaming videos are not only depending on the Internet connection speed and quallity, but also on the response time of the video server on the other side.

But I have just watched the video at http://watchmymvp.com/Encoding%20Test/EncodingTest.htm, and it plays very smoothly.  This is on a 1Gbps ADSL connection; perhaps 6Mbps is a bit slow...

[Videoman54321]

Thanks for your reply.

So as a content creator, what can I do to improve the playback?

I have examples on that page that are at 400kbps and still stutter.  I would think my 6meg connection could playback a 400kbps video?

Or might I have a problem with something on my end?

I need to figure this out as work needs to be put on client's websites.

Thanks for your insights.

[pwillener]

Two things I can think of

1. the client side may have processes running in the background that affect the performance
2. the server side may be overloaded during peak times

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主题: Re: How Smooth should Flash Video Play on 6Mbps DSL?

Thanks for your reply.

So as a content creator, what can I do to improve the playback?

I have examples on that page that are at 400kbps and still stutter.  I would think my 6meg connection could playback a 400kbps video?

Or might I have a problem with something on my end?

I need to figure this out as work needs to be put on client's websites.

Thanks for your insights.