Video via the net?

[Asif]

what does it TAKE to watch video at TV quality via the net besides a very fast connection?
What are the minimums on say, video card, etc.?



Asif

 

[geno]

<< what does it TAKE to watch video at TV quality via the net besides a very fast connection?
What are the minimums on say, video card, etc.? >>


TV quality??? That's a high standard. If you're streaming it, it'll be a feat.

 

[piku]

Well technically tv quality is 320x240.

 

[pulse8]

<< Well technically tv quality is 320x240. >>



How do you figure?

 

[Rogue]

Native television display is closer to 640x480 res.

 

[pulse8]

Right. NTSC Television has a resolution of 640x480...where does he get his figure?

 

[piku]

me = dumbass


hehe damn how the heck could I have thought 320x240.

 

[Rogue]

Too many Quicktime videos on the 'net or something. I've heard that to &quot;stream&quot; television quality video with current technologies, it takes at least 10Mbps pipe to the 'net.

 

[pulse8]

It'd take more than that. Digital Video or DV quality video and audio requires something like 3 megs a second for playback. You figure that what the stations send out is higher quality than DV, you'd need something a lot faster.

 

[Asif]

ok maybe I stretched a little too far
download and watch &quot;close&quot; to TV quality?

 

[pulse8]

I would say 10mbs *might* be sufficient for watchable streaming video...That is, the video stream would have to be 10mbs which means the connection would probably have to be higher.

 

[Cerb]

close to TV quality, you're looking at 500 or so kbps.
Check out Ifilm.com and Atomfilm.com (the 300k aka High windows media streams are damn good...close enough I'd gladly watch most TV shows that way)

 

[pulse8]

That stuff isn't even close to TV quality. Try stretching it or viewing it on a TV...it looks like crap.

 

[Asif]

I'm not talking so much about connection as I am hardware
16MB video?
64MB video?
refresh rate matter?


I see the streaming video but the picture quality sux.

 

[pulse8]

I don't think you'd need much more than you have now. It all depends on the codecs used and thus the size of the videos.

 

[Asif]

if i fullscreen, i can't tell who the people are, real fuzzy