How to build a STABLE channel?
To make a channel stable, you must meet two requirements: One is the stable source for the channel. SopCast support two kinds of source, files or Media Server. You can build a local source by playing stream media files (asf, wmv, rm, rmvb, mp3). You can also retransmit a stream from Microsoft Media Server or Real Network Real Server. The second is the stable and adequate internet connection. To build a good quality channel, you’d better place your server in an IDC (Internet Data Center) for the guarantee bandwidth. For a stream of 300Kbps, we limited the maximum bandwidth of the source to 2Mbps and the actual band it will use varies from 1M to 2M. It can serve 100 thousands audiences in such a configuration. So if you have the connection 256Kbps or 512Kbps, we suggest you to make a about 100-200Kbps channel.
