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ducktape
April 24th, 2002, 12:53
I'm looking for a kinda low cost solution in a pinch. I was just authorized to stream our local hockey team's finals games on the net. I would be like 4 games but possibly 7 each game about 3 hours with about a 30 minute pregame and 30 minute post game show. I am also looking for a static ip address as well. Not sure how much bandwidth needed because i never did this b4. I do have a rackshack server but I dont want to compromise the performance of our server so therefore If you guys know any hosts capable of doing this please let me know. And if you know about how much bandwidth I would need also please let me know I only wanna stream for 28.8 modems but ppl with faster connections would be able to listen also. I prefer to broadcast in a Windows format becuase of media players reach so ppl dont have to download special software. I have a broadband connection but I'm sure after a few ppl the quality would degrade and my provider may cut me off. So please let me know if you know of anyone who can do this. I could always get another server from rackshack but I dont want to waste the setup money for just a few hours of use and I currently dont need another server right now because we are just starting out.

guitarnerd
April 24th, 2002, 17:04
28.8 is pretty low quality but anyway the stream would be about 400-500kb per minutes.
so around 100-120mb per video. That is pretty low quality though.

ducktape
April 24th, 2002, 23:49
are u sure its that much??? i have a few calculators i just found on the net and they are saying about 35.1 mbs for 4 hours of 28k stream. its only fm radio im streaming. i dont need cd quality

guitarnerd
April 25th, 2002, 02:01
OHHHHHHHH I was talking about video!

Haze
April 25th, 2002, 02:35
Have a look at http://www.streamguys.com or http://www.mediacast1.com