Friends,
We are setting up a QT Streaming Server to play full-length movies.  I  
have dealt with the legal aspects of this with our university  
counsel.  We find that a ways into playing a movie from the server,  
the audio begins to work ahead of the video.  This becomes intolerable  
before the end of the film.
Here are the specs we are currently using.  Here are the specs we have  
tried most  recently.   Any suggestions or directions to work on  
appreciated.

* Apple G5 OSX Streaming Server Tiger 10.4.10
* 2 GHz Power PC processor
* 1 GB DDR SDRAM
* OSX 10.4.10
* QuickTime Player 7.1.2
* 80 GB Boot Drive

Current info as pertains to using QuickTime to export files for  
streaming:

* QuickTime (.mov file extension)
* H.264 compression
* Compressor Quality: high (multi-pass)
* 29.97 frames per second frame rate
* 220 kbits per second bit rate
* 640x480 screen size
* AAC stereo audio @ 128 kbits per second bit rate
* Hinted for streaming

Dick Feldman, Director
Language Resource Center
Cornell University
lrc.cornell.edu



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