Test streaming on my site
 

For months (!) I have been struggling setting up streaming on my site (lighttpd):

On my home computer and laptop (both Win XP) it plays but buffering every 2-3 seconds, really bad experience.
On my laptop and another ISP - it shows error "cannot load video" or something like that.
On my netbook (Win 7) it plays fine.

I am trying to figure out what the problem is - my host's support insist that all is fine on their side and it's my ISP's problem or my 2 computers are fucked up. Before they said it was tracing route problem. :upsidedow


Have a look at the video and post here how it works for you, if it plays smoothly, if you can skip forward before it loads completely, etc.
Also please write operating system and browser.

www.ilovelongtoes.com/illt/watest.html

I really need help here, this is driving me mad, I am even considering changing my host but I'm not sure if it would help :mad:

Played with no issues at all - Skipped with no issues...

Win8 with Chrome - I was also streaming the news in HD on another monitor.....

i like your site might contact u

Worked fine for me.

It also buffers for me every 2-3 seconds. Try to skip ahead and that causes about a 5-10 second buffer before it starts playing and then the normal buffer every 2-3 seconds again

win XP and firefox

works fine over here, played immediately with no buffering except for about 5 seconds of buffering when I skipped ahead. other than that it was smooth

Windows 7, since chrome and ff are already covered I used IE

good luck with it

works fine here, but damn dude... them toes are scary!

Gotta say the quality is great. Too good as a matter of fact. Your bitrate is probably 2.5 Mbits a sec or higher Im guessing. Tough on a lot of ISP's throughput and a majority of the computers and tablets out there hardware wise.

Id like to stream full hd but most my customers couldnt use it.

I stream most videos around 1.5 Mbps h264 720x480 with an mp4 wrapper. Flowplayer and lighttpd and h264 apache stream module. The quality is great and the video seeking is quick.

Mobile users have no problem. Mac and PC guys no problem.

Btw. Handbrake is a great utility for video compression and its free.


Hope I helped

Paully

Here's one of mine at 1.5 mbps. Its just a preview but see how it checks out to you.

http://www.max-hardcore.com/videos/F...-Hardcore-730/

fine here, skips ahead fine also. I have XP/Firefox, and note that post #5 has the same setup as me but has problems, so what TSJDAD said above about bitrate is probably the best place to start

your video works great for me. Actually the only streaming videos I have problems with on my computer are my own videos from my own server :upsidedow

Thanks guys but I need some more!

barefootsies is that you?

Wouldn't load on my Mac using Safari...no long toes for me I guess. :Oh crap

Agony of da feet:

http://www.thosefunnypictures.com/re...tures_6112.jpg

:stoned

ADG

I need more please!

Win 7, Opera 12, 4Mb/s speed. Buffering every 2-3 seconds, must be that server is slow, or maybe it's my speed if video resolution is big.

buffering every few seconds and stops if I skip ahead, win8 firefox

thanks, keep testing!

win 7, chrome, played like a champ.

I would be more concerned with the mosqui"toes" giving her and the camera man west nile.

Thanks! I still need some more !

Hard to find a pattern here, it's not the connection speed, OS, browser...
Maybe the video is too big for such a slow server?

try it on another server

works fine...
I guess your problem is your ISP

I would have to buy another VPS or dedicated server just to test it :(

Have you considered adding Wowza Media Server?

pattern is too high a bitrate for those on slower connections, imho

which server r u using

I thought so as well but I'm on 20mbps and I don't have problems playing videos on any other sites.

I use VPS 2x3.3Ghz, 3GB RAM.

what format is the video? what bit rate? how big is the pipe? 2x3.3Ghz, 3GB RAM is prolly not enough

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 25fps 4995kbps [Video]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 157kbps [Audio]

because their bitrate isn't as high? seriously, just halve it, and see if you can play them fine - if nothing else, to remove that possible reason from the equation.

HD video streaming can be a problem with your processor or ram,

is streaming a standard video is ok?

Working fine on my end. Speaking Europe :P

Fine here too win7 chrome fios :)

OK, i made it smaller in size and bitrate, how does this one work?
http://www.ilovelongtoes.com/illt/watest4.html

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280x720 25fps 2195kbps [Video]
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 157kbps [Audio]

Played perfectly fine on my end. No buffering or anything.. Using Windows 7

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WsvQ-5glec...00/toes+up.jpg

Played much smoother. Only a few seconds of buffer even when I skipped ahead (Mac using Safari)... :thumbsup

:stoned

ADG

Looks great, Buffers quick. Good work!

Laptop, win7, FF/IE/Chrome, 20Mbit 4G connection and Im in so cal but my ISP has got me in Ohio from my hotspot

worked fine on my connection - mac + chrome

its perfect now :)

this one worked 100% in both k-meleon and chrome, the original that you posted freezes every few seconds

works fine for me too, but on my friend's computer it doesn't work on any of 3 browsers he uses (Chrome, IE, FF). WTF?
Anyone else having problems playing the video now?

maybe its down to the server load at the time someone is viewing the video? check server load.

I could only see her feet, must be some kind of codec issue there.
:winkwink:

If it's server load then there is no way I could have streaming on this server when 10 or 20 members start streaming videos at the same time.