Dynamic Live Stream don´t take the best stream for my bandwith

Hi @all,
I hope someone can help me with my problem - btw. sorry for my English!
I build a client side application where is only a FLVPlayback2.5 component and a short AS3 script.
AS3:
import fl.video.*;
VideoPlayer.iNCManagerClass = NCManagerDynamicStream;
myPlayer.fullScreenTakeOver = false;
var dsi:DynamicStreamItem = new DynamicStreamItem();
//myVideo.source = "dynamicStream.smil"
dsi.startRate = 1548;
dsi.uri = "rtmp://x.x.x.x.x/dani_/";
dsi.addStream("test548", 548);
dsi.addStream("test848", 848);
dsi.addStream("test1548", 1548);
myPlayer.play2( dsi );
My Encoder is setup with three streams:
Vid: 500 kbps - Audio: 48 kbps
Vid: 800 kbps - Audio: 48 kbps
Vid: 1500 kbps - Audio: 48 kbps
I start the encoder and everything looks fine in the log.
In my browser (Safari or Firefox) I go to my html site and the stream starts after 6-8 sec. But anytime with the lowest bitrate 548 kbps and nothing look like the stream is switching to another bitrate.
I tried it with the smil playlist and the result is the same. Only the lowest bitrate is plublished.
My network connection is on a 100MBit leasd line, so I don´t think that my connection is the problem
What did I wrong? Or Have I missunderstood something in the examples for dynamic streaming?
Regards from Munich/Germany
Daniel
EDIT: Must I change something in the ini-file or in a nother config-file of the server.
Nachricht geändert durch 77nautius

I working a little bit on my problem.
I put an text area in my script to see which stream is taken.
I slow down the bandwith to 100, 200 and 350 kbps and - surprise surprise only the 100 kbps stream was taken by my app.
Nobody any idea what the problem can be?
Regards,
Daniel

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What I have done is to burn a CD or DVD with one big psd/psb file and walk down to my local Apple Store. The machines there don't have much RAM, but you can get some feeling for 4 cores vs. 8 cores. Reboot them before you do anything.
One thing I would strongly recommend you do not try is what I did with my old G5--install a RAID. It only increased opportunities for losing files, and while it certainly sped up many file operations, I don't think any Photoshop operations were affected at all.
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Which is the best alignment for a Date-time data type (WPF)

Hello,
sorry If I'm asking this question in the wrong place (If you could help me where to ask it :) )
I have read the Microsoft guidelines for Layout. Left and right alignment are briefly described... but I don't see anything for Date/Time data type? What is the best alignment for this type of data?
Can you tell me where I can find the relevant information? Microsoft guidelines or other?
We are using WPF.
Thank you very much :)

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+1) Will using the TC on a wireless network as a repeater half my connection speed while doubling my coverage?? In that case it might be worth it..+
Unfortunately, the Time Capsule will only "extend" a wireless network if the network has been created by another Apple "n" router. So the Netgear would not be compatible with the Time Capsule for this purpose.
If you could connect the Netgear and Time Capsule together using an ethernet cable, you would be able to create one large wireless network.
+2) Do I have any reason to believe I could get better coverage using the TC as the Base Station and trying to virtually impossible task of setting up the Netgear as a bridge?+
Not sure about "better coverage", but the Time Capsule would create dual band networks operating at both 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz so faster devices could connect at 5 GHz for maximum speed and slower devices would connect to the 2.4 GHz band.
In addition, if the Time Capsule connects directly to your cable modem, you could enable the "guest" network feature if you needed that function. (However, if the Time Capsule is configured in the network as a "bridge", the guest network feature cannot be enabled).
On a quick glance, your Netgear router does not appear to be a simultaneous dual band device. If that's the case, you could configure it to expand either the 2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band (assuming it will handle 5 GHz) for wider wireless coverage. But, the connection between devices would need to be via ethernet cable, and as you point out, the Netgear would need to configured as a "bridge" in this type of setup.
If running the ethernet cable is simply not possible, take a look at a pair of ethernet powerline adapters to accomplish the same task using the AC wiring in your home to transmit the ethernet signal. While not as good as a straight ethernet cable, this type of connection would still yield better performance than wireless only, if the devices were compatible.

Which are the best settings for exporting comps before edditing in Premiere Pro

Hello everyone!
As the title says, which are the best settings for exporting comps from AE to Pr.Pro and then edit them?
Let me explain: I have two comps in AE (intro and outro) and want to export them in Pr.Pro for edditing along with a fottage i shot.
When i render them the size of the files are huge (30 sec= 7GB).
Which is the best method (and settings) i can export the intro and outro to a 'normal' file size and then put them in Pr.Pro without loosing any quality??
[Comp settings: HDTV 1080 29.97 (1920x1080)]
AE and Premiere Pro both CS4

If you're rendering and exporting an intermediate video file to go from After Effects to any other piece of post-production software (such as Premiere Pro), you want to make sure that you're not losing any quality.
Most compression methods, which make movies smaller, also lose some of the image data---i.e., quality. There are a few compression methods that don't lose any image data; these are "lossless" codecs. These lossless codecs do decrease the size of a video file, but they're nowhere near as effective at decreasing size as the lossy codecs are. But file size isn't important when you're doing post-production work. Big files are a fact of life in post-production.
Examples of lossless codecs include the PNG codec and the Animation codec at the highest quality settings, both of which can be used in a QuickTime (.mov) container. I prefer the PNG codec; it's more efficient for photorealistic images, whereas Animation is more efficient for things like cartoons. There are lots of other lossless and nearly lossless codecs. A lot of people that do video editing like the Lagarith codec, but that is something that you'd have to go and get; it's not part of a standard CS5 or QuickTime installation.
See these FAQ entries for information about compression and why file sizes are big for losslessly encoded files:
"FAQ: Why is my output file huge...?"
"FAQ: What is the best format for rendering and exporting from After Effects?"
By the way, keep in mind that you don't always need to render and export an intermediate movie to go from After Effects to Premiere Pro. There are other ways to move data back and forth between these applications, including Dynamic Link. Which is best depends on the specific circumstance. See "Working with Premiere Pro and After Effects".

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