What is the minimum bandwidth (speed) required to successfully view MPEG-2 content?
For good performance, you will need at least a 10 Mbps connection from the player to the streaming server (hosted at the University of Washington). This will mean not only a fast connection within your local area network, but also a fast connection to the Internet2 network. Note that if the local network is only 10 Mbps Ethernet, the video streaming will cause excessive traffic that may disrupt other applications. For this reason, it is recommended that your player reside on a 100 Mbps Ethernet segment.
