NetBroadcasting.tv offers the two most widely used streaming formats, Windows Media and Flash. Embedded Windows Media streams are now supported in various platforms, operating systems and browsers by using the new SilverLight browser plug-in. NetBroadcasting.tv is pleased to demonstrate and support this new technology.
We are going to use a short segment from a video called
"Fighter Pilot" encoded in the same set of bitrates in both Windows Media (including SilverLight) and Flash formats.
"Fighter Pilot" is an excellent demonstration of the capabilities of these streaming formats because it contains scenes of extensive motion as well as scenes that are more static. On the following pages we will take you through several different bitrate versions of the
"Fighter Pilot" in both Windows Media embedded, Windows Media SilverLight, and Flash.
If you are on a Windows computer running Internet Explorer the embedded Windows Media streams should play fine. If you are on a Mac or other platform, operating system, or browser, you should try the SilverLight Demonstration. It will prompt you to load a one-time browser plug-in (similar to the Flash browser plug-in) to be able to view the SilverLight demonstrations. If you are using a Mac and would like to view the non-embedded Windows Media demonstrations, these can be viewed either by installing the free
Flip4Mac Windows Media plug-in for the Mac's QuickTime player, or the free
Windows Media Player for the Mac.
Note: You will need a high bitrate internet connection (at least as high as the encoded bitrate) to view these videos without pauses. You can check your connectivity by using the
Bandwidth Test on the menu at the top of this page.
SILVERLIGHT DEMO
WINDOWS MEDIA DEMO
FLASH DEMO
Skip directly to the various demo pages:
1100 kbps demonstration in SilverLight Borderless Skin, SilverLight Expression Skin, SilverLight Blitz Skin, Windows Media or Flash
755 kbps demonstration in SilverLight Borderless Skin, SilverLight Expression Skin, SilverLight Blitz Skin, Windows Media or Flash
539 kbps demonstration in SilverLight Borderless Skin, SilverLight Expression Skin, SilverLight Blitz Skin, Windows Media or Flash
331 kbps demonstration in SilverLight Borderless Skin, SilverLight Expression Skin, SilverLight Blitz Skin, Windows Media or Flash
Non-embedded player demonstrations only available in Windows Media
Media download demonstration only available in Windows Media
