Comments on: Limelight Networks Interview: Streaming the Olympics http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-08/limelight-networks-interview-streaming-the-olympics/ All your digital media goodness. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:21:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Will http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-08/limelight-networks-interview-streaming-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-82295 Will Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:41:59 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4215#comment-82295 Even my t-1 connection at the office doesn't pull up the video that quickly. Not only that when the video is enlarged the quality is blurry and the video skips. don't remember those issues with Akamai. The quality of the video is infininently better while watching it on HD cable TV. At a minimum we should see video on a non HD level, but blurred and skipping video doesn't cut it. Even my t-1 connection at the office doesn’t pull up the video that quickly. Not only that when the video is enlarged the quality is blurry and the video skips. don’t remember those issues with Akamai. The quality of the video is infininently better while watching it on HD cable TV. At a minimum we should see video on a non HD level, but blurred and skipping video doesn’t cut it.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-08/limelight-networks-interview-streaming-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-82226 Stephen Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:57:28 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4215#comment-82226 Silverlight for Olympics sucks. No full screen and no playback for PPC Mac users. Just another useless plugin to have to load. Microsoft is forcing this garbage on everyone it can by using its wallet. No better than Flash! I ran this over a big pipe on an Intel Mac and it was blocking and even stuttered at times. No full screen. Who cares about Silverlight, it is just Microsoft with a solution to a non problem. Ever heard of Flash? Why do we need yet another proprietary video format controlled by ONE company when there were already better solutions? Silverlight for Olympics sucks. No full screen and no playback for PPC Mac users. Just another useless plugin to have to load. Microsoft is forcing this garbage on everyone it can by using its wallet. No better than Flash!

I ran this over a big pipe on an Intel Mac and it was blocking and even stuttered at times. No full screen.

Who cares about Silverlight, it is just Microsoft with a solution to a non problem. Ever heard of Flash? Why do we need yet another proprietary video format controlled by ONE company when there were already better solutions?

]]> By: Michael http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-08/limelight-networks-interview-streaming-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-82216 Michael Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:49:32 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4215#comment-82216 I've been trying to watch the Olympics in various environment online. Not great results. I've used IE & Firefox, all with fresh Silverlight installs. I've tried on two desktop computers and one laptop. Whether at home with DSL, or other broadband points like Starbucks and McDonalds, I get substantial buffering issues and live streaming macroblocking. Maybe my experience is unique, but overall the online viewing experience has been sub-par. I’ve been trying to watch the Olympics in various environment online. Not great results. I’ve used IE & Firefox, all with fresh Silverlight installs. I’ve tried on two desktop computers and one laptop.

Whether at home with DSL, or other broadband points like Starbucks and McDonalds, I get substantial buffering issues and live streaming macroblocking.

Maybe my experience is unique, but overall the online viewing experience has been sub-par.

]]> By: Mio Babic http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-08/limelight-networks-interview-streaming-the-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-82190 Mio Babic Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:13:25 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=4215#comment-82190 Limelight has done a tremendous work at getting its network ready for potentially largest event in the history of streaming media. It’s great to see that streaming media technologies have matured and now capable of supporting the event of this magnitude. This is a good indication that many more events of this or similar scale could end up been streamed live and on-demand on the Web. The workflow put together to support this event is quite amazing. From content acquisition in Beijing to transport of multiple video encoded feeds to the US, to ingress into CDN(s) Limelight Networks being the primary one, and ultimately delivery to the end-users via new rich internet application (RIA), powered by Microsoft Silverlight.

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