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need to stream video while mobile - help

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  • 29-07-2007 4:05pm
    #1
    metalscrubber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I need to stream live video to the web while mobile / remote locations.

    Will the newer mobile broadband dongles do this for me ?

    Regards,

    Scrubber


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    #2
    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Depends on the quality you want. At basic jittery speed 12 fps @ 176x128 yes.

    At 720 x 576i @ 25fps, no and a lot of fixed broadband uplinks arn't fast enough for that either at good quality.

    You would want to stream to a server on the web that re-shares the stream if more than one person is to connect, otherwise each person increases the upload need by X, where X is the bitrate. At 320x240 using MPEG4, you can get acceptible quality at about 128k. Some mobile connections only go as fast as that on upload if no other users on on the cell.


    There's a reason for those expensive trucks and dishes. However a domestic internet Satellite link is not much faster than Mobile for uplink. those OB trucks are often using 8Mbps uplink or more.


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    #3
    metalscrubber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭metalscrubber


    Looks like Im back to the drawing board..

    Metal


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