Working the Video Stream

June 1996 / Reviews / Internet Video: Small Isn't Beautiful / Working the Video Stream

To test whether our VDOLive problems resulted from a poor Internet link, we downloaded StreamWorks from Xing Technology (Arroyo Grande, CA) onto a Mac IIci with 256-color video. Using the same Internet service provider (ISP), we got results similar to VDOLive's. The StreamWorks picture is about the same size as the VDOLive picture and displays the same murkiness; we also experienced audio b reakup. These symptoms led us to believe that packets were being delayed, starving the player software of data. In addition, StreamWorks' diagnostics indicated we had network-throughput problems.

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