Any issues rendering/using VBR for WMP9?

will-3 wrote on 9/23/2003, 7:37 PM

I would think VBR would be the way to go as no use to use bandwidth when it isn't needed... but I'm a newbie.

Are there any dis-advantages to rendering to and using Variable Bit Rate for Windows Media Player 9??

thanks for any help.

Will

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Chienworks wrote on 9/23/2003, 7:42 PM

I can't really think of any. I suppose it's possible that some very very very old players can't handle VBR. But, then again, older players can't handle WM9 anyway, so i wouldn't worry about it.

Wondering wrote on 9/23/2003, 10:53 PM

Hey!

Finally, somebody has arrived at the door steps of HD video quality for streaming.

VBR is the answer!!!

And like what Chien mentioned, there is no real problem in playback for VBR.

Not spilling too much here, MS just submitted WMV 9 to SMPTE for ..... to make it a recognised standard.

For those interested, a 2 Mb/s VBR wmv looks comparable to a DVD (8 - 9 Mb/s)

Bye for now, ...

will-3 wrote on 9/24/2003, 6:16 AM

I guess this means there are no real dis-advantagesw to using VBR... only advantages :)

OK, here I go, re-rendering the 5 clips for my current project to VBR for WM9.

I guess Quicktime does not have this option... unless I overlooked it on the QT rendering template options... right?

thanks for the help - Will