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February 22, 2008
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transcode mp3 streams

  • February 22, 2008
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Hi there,

I've got a question about Flash Media Interactive Server 3. We'll be using this server for the streaming of MP3's. I want to know if there is a way to enforce a bitrate for streaming. For example: no matter in which bitrate the MP3 is encoded, I always want to stream it in 192 kbps.

This is very, very important since we're an organisation with an extensive collection of, currently, 6TB of digital media. We're currently digitalizing our entire catalogue which will result in approx 40TB of digital media. ALL this media will be streamable so we need a way to throttle bandwith.

(our collection consists of ALL records that have been released in the Netherlands in the last 35 years..)

Can someone enlighten me about this subject?

Regards,
Nico Beemster
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    February 25, 2008
    IMHO, there is no way FMS can transparently enforce a certain bitrate on MP3 stream because on FMS an on-Demand audio stream is available in the original bitrate in which it is stored in the source .mp3 file.

    You might also want to try out .m4a/.f4a format which uses .aac codec and much more efficient with bandwidth usage at same audio quality.
    nbeemsterAuthor
    Participant
    February 25, 2008
    Thnx for your answer.

    Using a different format, unfortunately, is not an option due to client software dependencies.