Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 If you are running Windows NT Server and IIS 3.0 and want to configure the MIME types, create a registration entry file with a .reg file name extension: 1. Open Microsoft Notepad or another text editor. 2. Type in the following text. (Do not cut and paste the text from [...]

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.rmm audio/x-pn-realaudio .rmp audio/x-pn-realaudio .rmp audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin .ra audio/x-pn-realaudio .ra audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin .ra audio/x-realaudio .ram audio/x-pn-realaudio .rv video/vnd.rn-realvideo

No. Windows Media Player 9 Series can play files in a wide variety of digital media file formats, but Windows Media Services 9 Series cannot stream all of those files. In certain cases, you may need to convert digital media files into a compatible format before you can stream them. Servers running Windows Media Services [...]

There are three ways of getting audio and video files (which are usually very large) to the end user: 1. Download – Download the entire file over the Internet, save it to the user’s machine, and then play it from the hard disk. Requires users to sit through a download that can take quite a [...]

Tom Keller had a problem. His Bluegrass on Broad Street program had just reached a milestone, streaming the last night of a summer music series on the Web with both audio and video, and the audience response—both physical and virtual—had been better than expected. But his plans to expand beyond the local area and its [...]

GravityLab is pleased to offer HTTP Dynamic Streaming for all accounts. This is a technical reference and FAQ to this streaming video hosting announcement. What is HTTP Dynamic Streaming? HTTP Dynamic Streaming enables high-quality (H.264 or VP6), network-efficient HTTP streaming for media delivery that is tightly integrated with Adobe® Flash® Access® software for robust content [...]

List of Players and Devices that have been tested and confirmed working with Flash Video

This help document will help you get started with setting up your Basic Services for immediate use to start delivering your multimedia from a global content delivery network. Questions about Advanced Services or more technically advanced questions can be answered through our User Guides. You can also ask any question about your account by opening [...]

Take a look at our hosting plans and options for Flash Hosting The following table lists the supported codecs and their earliest required SWF file format and Adobe Flash Player versions. Our video hosting accounts also support a huge list of Windows Media, Quicktime, Real Media, mp4, mp3, 3gp, 3gp2 and more. Video Codecs SWF [...]

These settings apply to both live and prerecorded (video on demand, or VOD) encoding. The provided settings are grouped according to whether the content is intended to be streamed over the Cellular or Wi-Fi network, whether the content is for iPhone/iPod Touch or iPad, and whether the content is 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio. The [...]

Here’s how to use Windows Media Encoder 9 to convert your AVI file into Windows Media video. 1. Double click the download, and install Windows Media Encoder on your system 2. After install, launch it. 3. Select “Convert a File” – Click “OK” 4. Browse and find your AVI in the “Source File” box 5. [...]

We recommend Main Concept H.264 mp4. Encoding should be based on the single-pass Baseline profile, with frame reordering disabled. Keyframes are suggested every 5 seconds, ideally an even divisor of the chosen segment length. mp4 encoding for iphone / ipad / android / html5 devices Delivery Dimensions Frame Rate Total Bit Rate Video Bit Rate [...]

Collection of HTML5 video players

Here’s a selection of sample files and linking protocols to test your phone’s video capabilities. Quicktime Mp4 http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_100kbit.mp4 http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_300kbit.mp4 H.264 http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_h264_100kbit.mp4 http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_h264_1mbit.mp4 Mobile 3GP http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample.3gp http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_50kbit.3gp Windows Media http://media.gravlab.com/powered.wmv http://media.gravlab.com/racecar.wmv Quicktime Mov http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_100kbit.mov http://helix.gravlab.com:554/sample_300kbit.mov

This article provides information on transcoding audio and video files into a format that can be played on a BlackBerry smartphone.

From the Microsoft Expression Encoder download site: “Microsoft® Expression® Encoder, a feature of Expression Media, offers encoding, enhancement, and publishing of rich media experiences to Microsoft Silverlight. ” Features Include: Better Encoding VC-1 advanced authoring SDK integration: by adopting the new VC-1 authoring SDK, Expression Encoder 2 is able to author better quality video faster. [...]

You’ll probably want to convert your AVI file to Windows Media. It’s a much better streaming video than AVI when delivered over the web. Windows Media Encoder is a free utility from Microsoft that you can download here – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx However, I don’t see any AVI file in your account. I don’t think you could [...]

The GravityLab Multimedia content delivery network is comprised of best-of-breed streaming media servers located directly on the fiber optic North American internet backbone. What that means, basically, is that your media content is delivered on demand very quickly to a global audience using the best Internet path directly into their homes. You are able to [...]

Preparing Your Content Windows Media Player renders audio and video content in the same way, whether a file is on a Windows Media server, a Web server, a network server, or a local hard disk. The server does not affect the quality of the media. What the server does affect is how the packets of [...]

How do you choose whether to deliver a movie using progressive download, streaming, or broadcasting? It’s an important question for you, and since GravityLab’s business is delivering your content to your audience with the best possible user experience in mind, it’s an important question for us, too. All all of the major streaming media codecs, [...]

If you want to stream Quicktime files, you will need to encode the videos correctly so they can be played on a streaming server. GravityLab provides this encoding service for affordable prices. We make the process simple for you so that you don’t have to acquire a new skillset just to get your videos online. [...]

Yes, we have live video webcast plans. In addition to our archived on demand video hosting services, we have live video broadcasting with Windows Media. You can take a look at the live video plans here: http://www.gravlab.com/live.html

In 2006 there was a marked upswing in the use of video podcasting as a method of distributing multimedia content including audio and video . Video podcasting have been used by a cross-section of traditional and non-traditional media, from major TV networks, cable, and public television stations to software companies, movie studios, and intriguing upstarts [...]

The demand for streaming media players such as Windows Media and Quicktime has long represented the front lines for companies engaged in the codec wars. Since the results of most side-by-side video and media comparisons are subjective and qualitative at best, Microsoft, Apple, Real, Macromedia, and DivX have touted how many times their respective media [...]