We’re getting ready to start a new project at work, and the concept will be somewhat similar to the subservient chicken site done a few years ago. Basically we’ll have tons of video clips in a folder that load based on commands (or questions) that you pose via input box below.
The idea is simple enough, but the issue that we’re having is deciding how to serve up the video. There will likely be at least 100 different clips, ranging from 1-30 seconds or so. They will be (I’m assuming at this point) around 200kb to 1mb in size - I’m not picturing them being huge in file size, but at the same time the quality will not be low. We really want it to be “snappy”, as in, when you type something and press ‘submit’ we’ll want a video response to load in pretty quick, or at least as quick as the client will allow. Also, the site will potentially be getting a lot of hits a day (in the thousands).
Would we be receiving any sort of benefit from using Flash Media Server for a project like this, or is it overkill? Would it make more sense to stick with progressive download? I’d like to hear what all of your thoughts are, either for or against using FMS. Thanks in advance for any help!
