InfoHole » flash http://www.infohole.com/blog A blog by Gordon R. Page Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mini CDN For My Blog Videos http://www.infohole.com/blog/computing/mini-cdn-for-my-blog-videos/ http://www.infohole.com/blog/computing/mini-cdn-for-my-blog-videos/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 00:20:57 +0000 gordonrp http://www.InfoHole.com/blog/?p=79 After posting an example of 720p resolution H.264 video I was annoyed that whilst viewing my own blog I was not receiving the best video load rates, as my blog is hosted on a server in the USA and I am located in the UK.

Regular encoded .flv videos would load perfectly well as I could download from the USA at 200kB/sec and these videos only require about 90kB/sec of bandwidth, but the H.264 video requires about 470kB/sec to load/play instantly.

So, I have coded a simple CDN solution and now videos for users from the Western hemisphere will load from a server in the USA and videos for users east of the Atlantic will load from my server in the UK. I now receive download speeds of 480kB/sec which is just enough for the H.264 video and only limited by my broadband connection.

I shall expand upon the CDN code in due course, but for now it is a perfect and fully automated solution requiring no maintenance.

If you experience any troubles with the videos on the site then please let me know by posting a comment below.

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