Can Flash performance be improved by using network accelerator?

[Redseadiver]

We are looking for ways to improve the throughput to gain better video quality. So I'm trying to understand if there is a way to create/get a plugging that will enhance the network performance by using error correction techniques.

[oxbaker]

can you elobarate as to what exactly error correction is?

Best way to improve Flash video on web :

1) increase throughput from network card to internet pipe (ie get a bigger throughput GigaBit Ethernet for example) this is expensive

2) set up a streaming server and "truly" stream the vids.
3) Reduce sound quality

[Redseadiver]

Thanks for the info.
What we had in mind is using some FEC (Forward Error Correction) technology. From my search so far, I didn’t find API that allow controlling the streaming protocol. Is that correct?

[oxbaker]

from what i know flash has their own streaming server for flv, it came out with Flash 8 but i have not used it. Its kinda expensive but you can learn about it from Macromedia website.

What format are your vids in? We do a lot of commercials on the web (taking video and putting it in flash for online ads) and i never use .flv's, what i do is actually import the movie into a .swf. With a bit of tweaking i can manage to get the filesize roughly the same as the video, but it always runs better because the .swf has better compression built into it.

Even though it does not stream it, it still reads ahead and allows caching (naturally) so the performance is improved. May be worth a look at.

hth,
mcm