Minimum bandwidth required to view streaming video from media server

Question

I am using Flash Media Server 3.5 to stream videos to my Flash application. For obvious reasons the video streaming is dependant on the size of the video file and bandwidth available to the user. This is causing large videos to play in a continuous stop-start sequence and making the viewing miserable. Is there any specific value that can be communicated to the users for smooth video play?

SE_0208 · Answer

See this calculator - this might be of some help for you to decide what would be bandwidth required for each bitrate.

Since you are using 3.5 - i would recommend you to take advantage of Dynamic Streaming feature so that user experience is good. Using this feature, client would automatically switch to different bitrate stream of same content - but you will have to same content encoded in different bitrate upfront. Below are few link which will explain about this feature :

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/beginner_dynstream_fms.html

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashmediaserver/articles/dynstream_actionscript.html

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