Whats with the tiny keynote size

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Well it does scale quite well, i had it running on my 24" Dell with the "Full Screen" option and it looked OK.

I wonder how much bandwidth and server load a 720p stream would involve. Probably much more than Apple feels like paying for. Streaming in the kind of numbers Apple does takes crap tons of money, because it scales with the numbers of users.


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Counterfit said:

And does anyone remember the name of their hosting company? I know it begins with an a...

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That would be Akamai.

Huh, the keynote was 640x352 for me, not exactly tiny. I watched it 2x size and it was fine looking. I think it would be different depending on what your internet connection speed is like since QuickTime detects that.

TheAnswer said:

That would be Akamai.

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Ah, thank you.

apfhex said:

I think it would be different depending on what your internet connection speed is like since QuickTime detects that.

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Actually not so. I've gotten it large and tiny before on the same line. I think it depends on how many people are streaming. The more the smaller the size you get.

It is about time they put it on iTunes though. I've wanted to downloaded their stream every year.

Me too, i would love Apple to post there entire history of press announcements.

Instant step back in time.

daneoni said:

The first time i tried to play the keynote i got a decent window size but couldn't finish watching it due to traffic. Just went back to replay it and the windows size is very small kinda iPod size.

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Same here, when I went to watch it later that day. At first, it was the normal, relatively high-res, but unwatchable.

Went back a few minutes later, and it was low-res but silky smooth.

QuarterSwede said:

Actually not so. I've gotten it large and tiny before on the same line. I think it depends on how many people are streaming. The more the smaller the size you get.

It is about time they put it on iTunes though. I've wanted to downloaded their stream every year.

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I guess you missed this then:
Keynote on iTunes

dejo said:

I guess you missed this then:
Keynote on iTunes

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Actually, that's where I found out about it. What I meant was, I wish they'd done this in the past.