Recently, I got a new cleint. I have design the site and enter in the content already. However, the primary content of the site is in flash video format (.flv). However, my clients are complaining about the buffering issue as it takes to long for it to buffer in their opinion. The most of the videos ranges from 15 - 45 minutes, but their are a few that are about 60 minutes long. As of right now, the file sizes range from 30MB to 345MB. However, I will be decreasing the resolution of the videos from 600 x 450px to 585 x 439px in the near future. So, the files sizes will also decrease some as the resolution decreases. The videos are hosted on a 10 Mbps unmetered dedicated server. Just in case you were wondering, the specs of the server is a P4 3.2 GHz CPU with 2GB of Ram, 250GB x 2 SATA hard drives. I have worked with flash some, but not to much. I was told that a possible solution is to put maybe the first 10 seconds into a slice and after the first 1-2 they can be larger. If you can do this, please PM me as I will send more details about the site.
That's only one side of the coin which is good, of course. The other less shiny side is the "345MB" per video in some cases as you say. Is there no room for optimization? Keep in mind that not everyone is on a fiber link end yet.
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