James Mok’s Soliloquy

5 Responses to “A Story Told by Alec”

1. 1 tin_the_fatty
   Feb 20th, 2004 at 11:40 UTC

   Amazing image quality.

   It is easy to overcome the max upload size. Just ftp your gigantic files to your archive directory. Details to follow via email tomorrow.

   I’d have to listen to Alec’s story when I get back home.

2. 2 tin_the_fatty
   Feb 20th, 2004 at 11:45 UTC

   Oh BTW check out http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tools_tips/tutorials/faststart.html for instant gratification of the video experience.

3. 3 James Mok
   Feb 20th, 2004 at 12:03 UTC

   Thank you very much. I’ll try to reload it with the original file once I have your instructions.

   How is Fast Start different from this? On modem at work, Windows Media Player now downloads my set amount of buffer in unit of seconds or let WMP chooses the optimum amount of buffer. As soon as the buffer is full, while continue downloading, it starts playing at full speed to catchup to the buffer until it is all used up, then it slows down. When the whole file is downloaded, it can either be saved and then play at full speed, or simply replay and I guess WMP then plays the internet temp file in full speed.

4. 4 tin_the_fatty
   Feb 21st, 2004 at 11:03 UTC

   On my computer running WinXP and Firefox at work it didn’t do what you have described. It didn’t involve MediaPlayer until the whole file has been downloaded. I tested it with the Lady’s Win2000 laptop under IE and it works, but quality was nowhere as good.

   I could argue all day about the pros and cons of MediaPlayer vs Quicktime, but that’s for some other time.

5. 5 James Mok
   Feb 21st, 2004 at 12:16 UTC

   Thanks for the tip.

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