New 3 Quality Option - Test It!, New GMC video player version!
Kristofer Dahl
Jan 28 2009, 02:01 PM
GMC Founder
Posts: 18.746
Joined: 15-August 05
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Hi there,

Based on the feedback we have got from you - we have been working the last months on bringing you a better lesson player with more options, better video/audio quality and better/faster video streaming.

Today you have the possibility of testing this player! smile.gif

In short:

Click "SETTINGS" in the lower left corner and choose a video quality option that suits you (if you are on a very slow internet connection try "LOW", otherwise you might want to try "MEDIUM" or "HIGH")




A little more info:

We have fixed a bug in the streaming algorithm, so once we implement this player live on the site, you should get better/less choppy streaming in the lessons (will be especially noticeable to those of you on slower Internet connections)

In order for the new video codecs to perform in an optimal way (and give best quality) - we have changed the video resolutions slightly. Because of this - wide screen videos will have a black border on the top and bottom. Also, the window containing tab and backing tracks will have a slightly different size as well.

The "HIGH" quality settings features the largest files ever streamed at GMC - a single video can be around 100 MB in extreme cases. We plan on offering this option without any extra membership fee.

The "LOW" quality setting contains the lightest videos we have ever had at GMC - which means that those of you who are on really slow Internet connections should notice a streaming improvement, even when comparing to really old GMC lessons. The "LOW" setting has a smaller video resolution as you can see (still bigger than the old GMC lessons though!)

However, the new video codecs used might be a little more demanding for old computers. We hope that other improvements made to the player will even these effects out.

Sound is improved with a better codec and 192 kbit/s setting - which means that audio quality should start approaching the quality of an audio cd (or wave file), and should be a definite improvement compared to what we have now.

As you can see the different test videos differ from each other in quality - this is because factors such as the instructors camera equipment, light settings and recording technique come into play as well.

I am looking forward to your feedback - it is incredibly helpful as we strive to make GMC as good as possible! smile.gif

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- Kristofer Dahl   New 3 Quality Option - Test It!   Jan 28 2009, 02:01 PM
- - Muris Varajic   Great feature Kris!!!! I have pr...   Jan 28 2009, 02:11 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jan 28 2009, 04:11...   Jan 28 2009, 02:29 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 02:2...   Jan 28 2009, 02:30 PM
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- - David Wallimann   I love that new feature, it works great. I tried ...   Jan 28 2009, 02:13 PM
- - Sensible Jones   Unfortunately the Big Player won't work on my ...   Jan 28 2009, 02:17 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Jan 28 2009, 04:1...   Jan 28 2009, 02:30 PM
|- - Sensible Jones   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 01:3...   Jan 28 2009, 03:33 PM
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- - Bogdan Radovic   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 02:0...   Jan 28 2009, 02:20 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Jan 28 2009, 04:2...   Jan 28 2009, 02:33 PM
|- - Ajmurrell   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 01:3...   Jan 28 2009, 02:49 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Ajmurrell @ Jan 28 2009, 04:49 PM)...   Jan 28 2009, 04:33 PM
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- - Smells   works great, at work here I dont have a brilliant ...   Jan 28 2009, 02:27 PM
- - Ajmurrell   Looks good to me Kris Impressive audio quality, a...   Jan 28 2009, 02:29 PM
- - coffeeman   Thanks a lot for these improvements Kris. I have a...   Jan 28 2009, 03:12 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (coffeeman @ Jan 28 2009, 05:12 PM)...   Jan 28 2009, 04:34 PM
||- - coffeeman   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 10:3...   Jan 28 2009, 04:44 PM
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|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (coffeeman @ Jan 28 2009, 05:12 PM)...   Jan 28 2009, 04:45 PM
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- - OrganisedConfusion   The High Quality vid is awesome and seen as though...   Jan 28 2009, 03:27 PM
- - skennington   QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 28 2009, 08:0...   Jan 28 2009, 04:29 PM
- - Toni Suominen   Cool upgrade Kris, great job!   Jan 28 2009, 04:31 PM
- - UncleSkillet   All 3 worked good for me here. I could really see...   Jan 28 2009, 04:33 PM
- - Velvet Roger   Awesome new feature Kris, everything works like a ...   Jan 28 2009, 04:36 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   Oh and I forgot to say - once we have implemented ...   Jan 28 2009, 04:40 PM
- - utak3r   Works great, it's a really good feature   Jan 28 2009, 04:56 PM
- - Fran   QUOTE (coffeeman @ Jan 28 2009, 03:12 PM)...   Jan 28 2009, 05:14 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Fran @ Jan 28 2009, 07:14 PM) I ca...   Jan 28 2009, 06:43 PM
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- - Mandos   Awesome Kris. High setting works flawless on my 10...   Jan 28 2009, 05:45 PM
- - kaznie_NL   it works fine on google chrome! EDIT: I just...   Jan 28 2009, 05:58 PM
|- - Bogdan Radovic   QUOTE (kaznie_NL @ Jan 28 2009, 05:58 PM)...   Jan 28 2009, 06:39 PM
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- - Bondy   Works great on all settings for me   Jan 28 2009, 06:27 PM
- - Jesse   the high option is nuts its higher res than stuff ...   Jan 28 2009, 06:40 PM
- - Gus   That´s great feature. In denmark I never had pr...   Jan 28 2009, 06:53 PM
- - Gerardo Siere   Works here very well, even hq settings works faste...   Jan 28 2009, 06:58 PM
- - wrk   Nice feature !! Works great for me, but du...   Jan 28 2009, 07:33 PM
- - Fran   Just zoomed IE7 screen, and the video player doesn...   Jan 28 2009, 07:47 PM
|- - opeth.db   QUOTE (Fran @ Jan 28 2009, 01:47 PM) Just...   Jan 29 2009, 01:41 PM
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- - skennington   Good idea Fran to post screen shots so Kris can se...   Jan 28 2009, 08:21 PM
- - Ramiro Delforte   It works great Kris!!! Thanx for this....   Jan 28 2009, 08:38 PM
- - Jesse   Hey skennington, what browser is that? You got alo...   Jan 29 2009, 07:15 AM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (Jesse @ Jan 29 2009, 01:15 AM) Hey...   Jan 29 2009, 02:47 PM
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- - -Zion-   great work.. going high..   Jan 29 2009, 10:09 AM
- - Marcus Siepen   awesome feature Kris, great.   Jan 29 2009, 01:16 PM
- - Moon Boots   ^ I've tested it, and its an Internet explorer...   Jan 29 2009, 02:27 PM
- - Mandos   Firefox with Adblock Plus, Filterset.g and NoScrip...   Jan 29 2009, 02:52 PM
- - opeth.db   I understand your points about Firefox Skenny but ...   Jan 29 2009, 03:02 PM
|- - skennington   QUOTE (opeth.db @ Jan 29 2009, 09:02 AM) ...   Jan 29 2009, 03:14 PM
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- - Matt23   Great feature, this is a massive improvement for p...   Jan 29 2009, 05:45 PM
- - enforcer   Great improvement Kris   Jan 29 2009, 06:02 PM
- - jdriver   On Mac OSX it works fine in both Safari 3.x and Fi...   Jan 31 2009, 07:34 PM
- - Carlos Carrillo   awesome feature Kris!   Feb 2 2009, 01:42 PM
- - playaxeman   Nice For me the medium is the best option. btw...   Feb 3 2009, 08:25 PM
|- - Matt23   QUOTE (playaxeman @ Feb 3 2009, 07:25 PM)...   Feb 3 2009, 08:30 PM
|- - playaxeman   QUOTE (Matt23 @ Feb 3 2009, 08:30 PM) Zwo...   Feb 3 2009, 09:53 PM
|- - Zsolt Galambos   QUOTE (playaxeman @ Feb 3 2009, 09:53 PM)...   Feb 4 2009, 11:32 PM
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- - Canis   I can easily run it on high ^^ Great addition, tha...   Feb 4 2009, 11:36 PM
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