wow.

just.. wow.

I wish the replay was 5

You need Quicktime 6 to watch the replay. I wish they left a version in QT5 users. (for people who aren't entirely ready for QT6).

In other words...

People who don't want to pay for QT6Pro...:)

50,000 Viewers....

Oddly enough, 50,000 people also simultaneously uttered the words, "Is that It?!" Investigators on this apparently impossible event are being deployed.

No better, no worse

Well I have to say "Big Deal" to the whole MPEG-4 stream deal.

The keynote video was definately no better than before, and at least no worse.

Maybe on higher speed connections the quality difference is more apparent. QuickTime certainly does better than that *other* companies product. And QuickTime is a container for various formats and CODECs not *just* an overkill player.

mpeg-4 has been in use for some time now, whats the big deal?

re: No better, no worse

I for one was amazed by the quality of the stream on my cable modem

Me Too!

I was blown away by the MPEG-4 stream quality on my cable@work.com (or whatever the new name is) connection.

I had both streams up at the same time to compare the quality.

MPEG-4 rocks!

In Use?

Yes, mpeg-4 may have been around for a while, But this is the First Live broadcast using mpeg 4 ever, and the quality was better than before, plus I was able to play the whole thing in the background while I got work done, there was no hiccups, all the video was there. I could never do that before, so YES it is a big deal. Of course those that think mpeg-4 is just an upgraded mp3 (which is MPEG-1 Level 3 by the way) may not comprehend how big of a deal this is. Apple has been the only one thus far able to secure the licensing with the MPEG-4 developers.

actually

Mine dropped in mid keynote just before the imac section. i had 3 machines trying to get the stream and it seems that Akamai replaced some links on the ClickHere towatch page in mid keynote.
Could not grab the end of the keynote until it was over.
The stream was less crappy with mp4 but the Sorenson full quality for me was better.

humm...

I woke up at 6AM (PCT) to watch the keynote and I couldn't access any of 2 streams. My Quicktime Player 6 would just hanging on "connecting,,,",

First keynote....

that I watched w/o the video and/or audio breaking up. The whole event ran smoothly and like a previous poster, I could do some text editing whilst QT ran in the background.

Frank
(iBook SE, QT 6, cable modem)

Akamai rocks

MPEG 4 stream was incredible for me. I had no drops or hiccups or anything. Of course, the way Akamai works (and the way the Internet works :), your mileage may vary. You may be behind a bad firewall (with an overworked proxy) or network-wise you may be close to some bankrupt or warring network providers who give each other bad service for one reason or another ...

But, all in all -- 50,000 streams is amazing when it comes to live Internet events.

dropped connections

"Mine dropped in mid keynote just before the imac section. i had 3 machines trying to get the stream and it seems that Akamai replaced some links on the ClickHere towatch page in mid keynote.
Could not grab the end of the keynote until it was over."

That's exactly what I experienced as well - what a bummer (until I found out there was nothing interesting that I missed)...!

well..

well in fact being without a firewall wasn t an issue if the stream was playing finr for the first hour. I was pissed off because Akamai (actually the stream I was redirected to) was changed in mid keynote as I mentioned. Not all streams would have been screwed but mine was and several friends in IL got that prob too.
Anyway, usually for the last 2 years I have been going to the local Apple headquarters (not the store but where we get training) and for the first time in 2 1/2 years the keynote was for employees only.
I should have known something was up. I still walked in and found mysellf alone in the office, no employees were there already and I left after 2 mins when I met a friend who said 'Sorry, employees only'
They knew people would be pissed off because of the .mac fiasco...
Anyway... the keynote streams dropped for us in IL in mid keynote and never came back up until an hour after the keynote was over. I wish I had been in Europe instead

Still can't view!

I have not been able to get the keynote to play to this day. I get the error "-5408: Timed Out." Any idea why? QT6 PBG4 cable modem

Next year...

They'll probably charge $20 for the keynote stream.

MPEG-4 Stream

The MP4 stream was incredibly smooth for me. Much better quality than I used to get with straight-up QT.

Re: Still can't view!

Try to change your Transport Protocol to HTTP.

money

" they will probabley charge 20$ for the next keynote stream "
And there will be some people that will defend apple and say
that this is a good price. And that it is cheaper than an Imax
movie ticket.
Ha !
Apple is starting to get on my nerves
^v^

50K?

I wonder how real that 50000 figure is. My stream dropped in the middle and I wasn't able to reconnect despite clicking the link every 30 seconds for the next ten minutes.

Timed Out

I've been trying for 2 days now to view the keynote and I keep getting "Requested Data" -> "-5408 Timed Out" I watched the at one of the Local Apple offices but I wanted to see what the big deal was with MPEG-4

bad reception

The fact that many many people had bad reception or got kicked out of the broadcast is not mentioned... for me, wide audience streaming is still too far off

Re: Still can't view!

>Try to change your Transport Protocol to HTTP.

That was it! I figured auto configure would have set it right. Thanks