Video Conf. Bandwidth limit PLEASE HELP

[David Godin]

Jonathan,

I have question. I have two Firewire DV Camcorders on
either end and my brother and I have no problem video
confrenceing. The video quality from the DV cameras is
great.

We use Orangemicro's Webcam DV to give us great webcam
Video.

The only problem I have is we both have cable modems with
uploads of 384k. When we transfer files we both show the
full bandwidth usage both ways.

When we video confrence in MSN messenger it only appears
to use a maximum bandwidth of 100k. That of course is not
giving us the full potential of that bandwidth and effects
the quality of the video.

Even with regular webcams the bandwith sent from both
sides only remains around 100k. We know that the video
codecs used are dynamic but is there a 100k limit? Is
there something I can do to make it utilize the full
upload. On the lan the video looks amazing on other
machines.

ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS JONATHAN I HAVE
ENJOYED THESE FORUMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

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[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings David,

Yeah this is normal, MSN Messenger Video Conference or Webcam functionality (there's actually
two video functions) won't use up your full connection and there's no way of forcing it to do
so -- it simply encodes at certain rates.
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[David Godin]

Ouch! That sucks. Thanks Jonathan

Anyone know a Video confrence program that can take
advantage of the larger bandwidth?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Greetings David,

Yeah this is normal, MSN Messenger Video Conference or

Webcam functionality (there's actually

two video functions) won't use up your full connection

and there's no way of forcing it to do

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi David,

Off hand, not really -- at least nothing that's intended for public Internet speeds (unless
you have a 100Mbps link).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.