How Do You Optimize Windows Media Player 9 Streaming Video?
Well-optimized video for the Windows Media 9 platform is a pleasurable experience for a user to watch. The video will begin nearly instantly when clicked on, there will be few pauses in playback, and picture quality will be relatively good. Users have a low tolerance threshold for poorly encoded video. Playback may take several minutes to start and pauses are frequent. The user ends up finding an alternate video to watch. Step 1 Start with good source content. The final streaming video can only look as good as the source video used to make it. The best streaming video starts with content that is low in noise. Noise in the source video makes it more difficult for the encoder to optimize the output. Step 2 Reduce frame rates to match the streaming platform. Typical digital video is NTSC (National Television System Committee) format in North America. This produces frame rates of 30 frames per second (fps), suitable for broadcast to conventional televisions. Streaming video can be reduced
