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Mutt · 03-04-2003, 05:08 PM

it's bizarre to me how any paysite could use that piece of shit. Windows Media has it all over Real Media. A 256kbps stream in RM looks like a 100kbps Windows Media stream. And you're right about the buffering, sometimes it just fucking hangs forever, like it forgot what it's suppposed to be doing.

Plus the best thing about Windows Media files is they start streaming as you download them like an MPEG does, with a fast enough connection you don't even need to have a media server.

Quicktime probably has the best video quality of them all but for some reason when you blow up a Quicktime movie to full screen it deteriorates much worse than a Windows Media movie.

I still can't figure out why MPEG is liked more than Windows Media format. MPEGs are bigger and I don't see the quality being much better. So why MPEG? I could see it if at equal file sizes MPEG looked better but my eyes don't see that.

03-04-2003, 05:08 PM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	it's bizarre to me how any paysite could use that piece of shit. Windows Media has it all over Real Media. A 256kbps stream in RM looks like a 100kbps Windows Media stream. And you're right about the buffering, sometimes it just fucking hangs forever, like it forgot what it's suppposed to be doing. Plus the best thing about Windows Media files is they start streaming as you download them like an MPEG does, with a fast enough connection you don't even need to have a media server. Quicktime probably has the best video quality of them all but for some reason when you blow up a Quicktime movie to full screen it deteriorates much worse than a Windows Media movie. I still can't figure out why MPEG is liked more than Windows Media format. MPEGs are bigger and I don't see the quality being much better. So why MPEG? I could see it if at equal file sizes MPEG looked better but my eyes don't see that. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!