I haven't used my Netflix streaming in a while, but whenever it did the adjustment, the video always stopped to readjust. The example Ordeith gave the link for shows that when the adjustment is made, the video continues playing. Very, very cool. I wish YouTube did that.
And you heard it here first.... my bold prediction from ms with this is there will be a ms branded iptv service (and real iptv this time not the uverse stuff) for media center and xbox live within a couple of years. It will be a hybrid system where network shows are ondemand as soon as its aired live (think the current video marketplace with smooth streaming). You also dont need a dvr anymore... subscribe to the series you want to watch and watch things like football live). Zune has always been about the subscription and they would add a new subscription for this as well.
this idea came to me when watching the HD live broadcast of the jackson funeral..... they really can broadcast live HD signals now and have it work well (even from canada)
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UnnDunn @ Jul 9th 2009 10:46PM
The "Smooth Streaming" technology is not new; it's what Netflix uses to adjust video bitrate on the fly. Just saying.
Multi-format-mayhem @ Jul 9th 2009 11:46PM
Ummm, well, that happens to be because Netflix uses Silverlight.
Ordeith @ Jul 10th 2009 3:49AM
And Netflix is using Silverlight 2.
It is on the fly, but not as on the fly as this:
http://www.iis.net/media/experiencesmoothstreaming
Very nice.
Money Mike @ Jul 10th 2009 9:05AM
I haven't used my Netflix streaming in a while, but whenever it did the adjustment, the video always stopped to readjust. The example Ordeith gave the link for shows that when the adjustment is made, the video continues playing. Very, very cool. I wish YouTube did that.
aaron @ Jul 10th 2009 10:12AM
Yeah netflix is noting like smooth streaming.
And you heard it here first.... my bold prediction from ms with this is there will be a ms branded iptv service (and real iptv this time not the uverse stuff) for media center and xbox live within a couple of years. It will be a hybrid system where network shows are ondemand as soon as its aired live (think the current video marketplace with smooth streaming). You also dont need a dvr anymore... subscribe to the series you want to watch and watch things like football live). Zune has always been about the subscription and they would add a new subscription for this as well.
this idea came to me when watching the HD live broadcast of the jackson funeral..... they really can broadcast live HD signals now and have it work well (even from canada)
John Drinkwater @ Jul 10th 2009 3:24PM
It’s not new at all, since Real Player did it more than a decade ago...