That's because when authoring content to play over very low bandwidths, you must think carefully about what compromises you will make in order to get great multimedia to play over constrained bandwidth networks like the Internet and corporate networks. Here, we show samples that are about 1 Mbps, ISDN or Intranet speeds (between 30 Kbps and 128 Kbps), and Internet speeds (28.8 Kbps and below).
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Type |
Description |
~1 Mbps |
![](../images/fastsmall.gif) Darren Motamedy's Dangerously Close | Video | Jazz music video by Darren Motamedy. 1 Mbps in bandwidth. Also available at 100 Kbps and 28.8 Kbps Dangerously Close by Darren Motamedy is published by Darren Motamedy and Jeff Ridley, and produced by Paulo de Andrade. (c) 1995 Moshhad Music. All rights reserved. For information and bookings call A Zopfi Productions at (206) 670-1220; to purchase the Dangerously Close full length CD, call (206) 854-7295. |
ISDN or Intranet |
Directions | Illustrated Audio | Directions to Microsoft, using illustrations and photos scanned in. 72 Kbps. |
First International Internet Film Festival | Application | Film festival created Vannevar New Media. |
![](../images/newWinSm.gif) Internet Explorer 4.0 and NetShow 2.0 Integration | Illustrated Audio | See how you can use NetShow to control low bandwidth HTML events using Internet Explorer 4.0 and its Dynamic HTML capabilities. This demo requires Internet Explorer 4.0. |
![](../images/newWinSm.gif) NetShow Presenter Mock-Up | Simulated Live Feed | The NetShow Presenter allows you to use the NetShow Real-Time Encoder to automatically insert PowerPoint Slides into a live intranet feed. This stored presentation simulates what the NetShow Presenter would look like live. Written for 100 Kbps. |
Internet |
AccountingNet's Hot Talk - from the WWW | Video | See how AccountingNet, a resource and communications site for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) uses NetShow in their Hot Talk section to provide audio-based interviews with industry professionals. |
C-SPAN | Live Feed | Watch C-SPAN live from your desktop. Feed courtesy of AudioNet! |
Cutler-Hammer Intranet Training Application | Application | Intranet training prototype on the WWW used by Cutler-Hammer, divisions of Eaton Corporation. Uses Active Server Pages. Courtesy of Copfer & Associates. |
Directions | Illustrated Audio | Directions to Microsoft, using illustrations and photos scanned in. 28.8 Kbps. |
First International Internet Film Festival | Application | Film festival created Vannevar New Media. |
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service 7th Annual Clinical Care of the Patient with HIV Conference | Illustrated Audio | Presentation of the conference using very low bit-rate audio (less than 6 Kbps) with URL flips to slides. This presentation could run at under 14.4 Kbps! Created by Ciavolino & Sheeler. |
Livehouse - Live Music from London | Live Feed | Check out the real time video and audio performances of new and undiscovered bands playing at London's emerging, established, and most influential venues via Livehouse from WebCast Ltd. |
Mr. Stemwinder Finds the Time | Application | Childrens' book written by Stephen Y. Bready, illustrated by Antoinette Delaney. |
MSNBC Business Video | Live Feed | Live audio/video of breaking events, exclusive CNBC analysis/interviews, and exclusive CEO interviews can be found here! |
Outflow Media Poetry | Application | Outflow Media, a non-commercial site that publishes poetry of numerous nationally recognized poets, and streaming poetry and graphics using NetShow. Currently hosts Women and Death, 108 American Poets, and Garden of Thunder: Poetry by Jesse Julian Arana. This summer, catch the virtual spiritual pilgrimage, Still Here Now. |
Radio 101 Italy | Live Feed | In 1975, Radio 101 became the first Italian radio station transmitting up-to-date modern Italian and foreign music using digital techniques. Hosted by Galactica Italian Internet access and service provider. |
Radio JazzFM | Live Feed | JazzFM, the UK's finest all-jazz radio station sends a trans-atlantic live feed direct to your desktop. When you get there, choose JazzFM Live and enjoy! |
Radio KBFB | Live Feed | Adult contemporary radio station out of Dallas, Texas ("B97" 97.9 FM) |
Radio KISW | Live Feed | Tune-in to Seattle's Active Rock station, KISW. Feed courtesy of ConnectOS. |
Radio KLOL | Live Feed | Rock 101 KLOL is a Houston tradition with over 27 years of broadcasting within an AOR format, making it the longest running single format station in the U.S. Backed with the Stevens and Pruett morning show (ranked #1 Male 18-54 in the market) and a unique blend of classic and new rock, Rock 101 KLOL looks to remain a driving force in Houston radio well within the 21st century. |
Radio KRBE | Live Feed | Radio Station 104 KRBE, Houston, Texas is the most listened to station in the state of Texas. 104 KRBE plays the hits from Today's Music by blending popular alternative, modern rock, and dance music, along with "Retro Cuts" from the early eighties. |
Radio KRTS | Live Feed | 24-Hour classical music programming featuring the world's greatest classical works. Hundreds of individual, unduplicated classical selections can be heard each month. Programming also includes performing arts reports and interviews with guest artists and performers. |
Radio KTXQ | Live Feed | Alternative rock radio station out of Dallas, Texas ("Q102" 102.1 FM) |
Radio LBC 1152 | Live Feed | London's 24 hour news, views and entertainment with regular celebrity phone-in hosts. Stimulating debate and comment with appeal to a global audience. |
Radio News Direct 97.3 FM | Live Feed | London's 24 hour national and international news from ITN, Financial News from Reuters plus sport, entertainment and regular lifestyle features. |
Radio RadioCable | Live Feed | Live from Spain! First radio station in the world that includes English subtitles in the programs to universalize the Castilian language. They give a peseta to Greenpeace for each new visit they receive. Contents: Mediterranean culture, music, ecology and a daily news, spanish radio history. Daily live content. Produced and Directed by Fernando Berlin. |
Shark Cam! | Live Feed | Take a visit to the Terrors of the Deep exhibit at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida! Feed courtesy of the SeaWorld Animal Information Database and TechKnowQuest. |
Surf Cam! | Live Feed | Check surfing conditions at beautiful Sebastian Inlet, Florida! Feed courtesy of Ron Jon Surf Shop and TechKnowQuest, and in cooperation with the Florida State Parks and Recreation Services. |
Twisted Tunes | Live Feed | Twisted Tunes is being retransmitted live by ConnectOS over this channel from a stored format. |
United Nations | Live Feed | Live and Daily Archived News feeds direct from the United Nations, courtesy of the Internet Broadcast Center |