I am testing out 4.6, but I cannot get it to deliver the highest quality video (700k). It looks like it's selecting the 400k version, although I'm on a college campus where we have a fast enough connection to get the 700 version. Am I missing something in the configs?
Bitrate switching not working in 4.6
Posted: Fri, 2009-10-16 14:30
ng
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-21 12:17
Nate
I am having the same issue as well. We are on limelight. Any ideas?
Posted: Tue, 2009-10-27 21:15
Steve
Same here, using http streaming, always stays on the first item in the stream
Posted: Tue, 2009-10-27 22:43
Steve
My issue appears to be that entries need to be ordered highest to lowest, otherwise it doesn't work.
With yours ng it seems your bandwidth is spuradic adding the qualitymonitor will allow you to see this:
so.addParam('flashvars','file=http://informatics.iupui.edu/video/playlist.xml&plugins=qualitymonitor-1');
Posted: Wed, 2009-10-28 21:11
Jordan
So no matter which version i put last in my XML file the player always chooses number , the last one.
Here is my XML file
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
<channel>
<item>
<media:content bitrate="800" url="http://www.lt11.tv/stream/ColoradoGlow(800kbps).flv" width="720" />
<media:content bitrate="400" url="http://www.lt11.tv/stream/ColoradoGlow(400kbps).flv" width="720" />
<media:content bitrate="1200" url="http://www.lt11.tv/stream/ColoradoGlow(1200kbps).flv" width="720"/>
<media:content bitrate="1600" url="http://www.lt11.tv/stream/ColoradoGlow(1600kbps).flv" width="720" />
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Am I doing anything wrong? Is it because all my files are the same width?
Posted: Fri, 2009-11-06 04:17
JeroenW
@ all: the videos in the switch should indeed be ordered from highest quality (top) to lowest quality (bottom). The player will then check the first video to see if its bitrate is lower than the bandwidth and its width is lower than the player width. If so, it'll play it. If not, it moves to the next video in the list.
@ Jordan: I think that your player window is actually smaller than 720px wide. That way, the player does not find a matching bitrate until it ends up with the last one and then chooses that.
Posted: Thu, 2009-12-03 16:20
PeterB
Did anything change in Player 5? code that worked fine for 4.6 now doesn't seem to work any longer.
Posted: Thu, 2009-12-03 17:20
PabloS
@PeterB
Version 4.6 and Player 5 were developed side by side, so some of the features in 4.6 didn't make the cut for 5.0. Stay tuned, though. Those features will eventually make their way into the 5 player.
Posted: Fri, 2009-12-04 12:06
PeterB
yeah, saw in the bitrate switching tutorial that 5.0 doesn't support it. Guess we have no use for it at this point.
Posted: Tue, 2009-12-08 10:17
romanbatkowich
Ok, so WILL bitrate switching be supported in JW Player 5 ?
Posted: Wed, 2009-12-09 18:03
jjinux
Yeah, this is a key issue for me. I plan on buying a license, but without bitrate switching, I'm dead in the water. I'm currently using Flowplayer, but they're bwcheck plugin doesn't let me dynamically download a playlist and enable bitrate switching for the dynamic playlist.
Posted: Thu, 2009-12-17 14:23
PabloS
Bitrate switching will indeed be implemented in JW Player 5. It's currently a top development priority, and will be released in 5.1.
Posted: Tue, 2009-12-22 20:37
jjinux
Excellent! That's very helpful.
Posted: Tue, 2010-02-09 07:53
Yuval
When is 5.1 expected?
Also, will it be possible to switch to a higher bit-rate when the user goes to full-screen viewing, in a HTTP progressive download situation?
Posted: Tue, 2010-02-09 15:21
Ethan LongTail
This month.
Posted: Thu, 2010-02-11 13:28
Yuval
That's great!
What about enabling switching when going to full-screen (after pushing play) in HTTP progressive download?
I am having the same issue. Tested by using completely different videos for low and high. The qualitymonitor plugin says level 1 of 2, but it is playing the level 2 video. I am streaming from highwinds. Any suggestions?