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| Thread ID: 67101 | 2006-03-17 02:28:00 | TVNZ takes pity on Telecoms OECD top-ten broadband | stu161204 (123) | PC World Chat |
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| 438747 | 2006-03-24 05:28:00 | From: Computerworld (computerworld.co.nz) TVNZ vs. Telecom, part II Last week I mentioned that high-bitrate live video streamed from TVNZ overwhelmed Telecom’s OneOffice network during the ASB Tennis. Because of that, I was told that Telecom asked TVNZ not to put up 1 and 2Mbit/s streams of the Commonwealth Games. Unfortunately, my usually reliably source wasn’t quite on the mark this time. While Telecom apparently looked a bit pale around the gills when told about the streaming video, they didn’t get a say on whether or not TVNZ should put up high bitrate ones. The 128kbit/s streams are in fact 256kbit/s ones, despite the URL having the lower figure. It’s just not been changed yet to reflect the higher bitrate. Also, shortly after the FryUp hit people’s inboxes, it was pointed out to me that there is in fact a 2Mbit/s stream of the Commonwealth Games available. The URL for it is under the Video Help link on TVNZ’s webpage with the live video coverage of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and it’s highly recommended if your broadband connection supports it – and if it has a sufficiently large data cap of course. It looks and sounds great over my wireless connections (Wired Country/Inspire Net and Natcom Airthenet WiMAX), with a 720-by-576 pixel resolution screen and 16-bit stereo audio sampled at 44.1kHz. As I still have Telecom’s 2Mbps/192kbps Xtra Jetstream DSL, I wanted to check how well it handled the 2Mbit/s stream too. Give them their fair due and all that. But, that plan came to nought because the video is only available to customers of providers who peer at one of the national exchanges, like Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Hamilton and Dunedin. Xtra doesn’t, so no 2Mbit/s stream for its customers. - TVNZ: 2Mbit/s stream of the Commonwealth Games (images.tvnz.co.nz) (Paste link to 2Mbit/s stream into your media player) |
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| 438748 | 2006-03-24 07:55:00 | So who can access it? | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 438749 | 2006-03-24 09:07:00 | So who can access it? Not me!, Dam! Xtra! |
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| 438750 | 2006-03-24 10:48:00 | Meh, not that great. You know how 2mbit DSL lines don't actually perform at 2000kbit/s? :( If only they had a 1mbit stream... |
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