Sawdust session, again

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:28 pm

Nick,
Thanks for the explanation of the bandwidth problem. I suspected something like that. Above I mentioned the option of using a Quicktime stream instead of Windows Media. I know the bandwidth problem is your first concern, but will you be exploring the possibility of switching to Quicktime. It is an industry standard that works with both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Microsoft stopped supporting Macintosh computers some time back and third party solutions are not the best. Apple continues to develop for both Mac and Windows.

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:42 am

I work for one of they largest computer companies in the world and have real T3 and OC3 (45 million bits per second) lines coming into and out of our servers and whenever we do a webcast we outsource it. Our largest provided is Akamai.

http://www.akamai.com/en/html/services/streaming.html

There are also companies what will handle much of the logistics for a commission on the event. The other option is to go with the non-real time, which is the only thing I ever watch (I can't get up that early on a weekend).

Good luck, I have learned something on every video I have seen.