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eddimonster1982
eddimonster1982
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December 14, 2010
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Progressive Downloads Confusion

  • December 14, 2010
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- Is there a benefit to hosting FLV files on a Flash Media Server when they are under 2-3 minutes?

I've been working on a couple different video projects as of late... some are simple web player with 30 second ads and others are working with longer videos like 2-3 minutes. I currently have an FLV hosting provider running Flash Media Server but with videos so small don't they download for the user as progressive anyway and there is no real benefit whether I am using my FLV host or my traditional web host?

Also in a related, yet unrelated question... I also use a separate video hosting company to handle my mobile videos mainly because I am a bit naive on how that works as well. I had a project with straight links to play video on mobile phones (with three different version served up based on OS). But it seems like most of those were progressive downloads as well.

So what gives?

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    SE_0208
    Participating Frequently
    December 17, 2010

    See it does not depend on duration per se - it depends on various other aspects. See in PD , your files actually gets downloaded to client's machine - so content can ripped off unlike in streaming. So if don't want content protection and various other features which comes with Streaming Servers than you might go for just PD. Also instead of doing PD , you can do HTTP Streaming - that is smarter way than doing progressive download. But having said that Streaming gives you many advantages basically FMS that you might not look and consider before switching to pure PD or http streaming.

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