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The Importance of the File Format for Adaptive...

Nov 18, 2011 by chriskno

When it comes to adaptive bitrate streaming over HTTP, file format really does matter. The fragmented MP4 (fMP4) file format, first used by Microsoft, is the basis of IIS Smooth Streaming, Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming, and two industry streaming standards. fMP4 files have some distinct advantages over adaptive streaming solutions based on MPEG-2 Transport Streams, such... Read More

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FTP Firewall Settings, Active vs. Passive, and FTPS Explicit...

Feb 13, 2012 by owscott

You can find this weekâ€™s video here . Have you ever wondered what FTP Active mode or Passive mode means? Do you have a good understanding of the FTP data channel or control channel? It can be difficult to fully understand... Read More

ASP.NET and IIS Performance Troubleshooting Tools: FREB...

Feb 11, 2012 by timamm

If you have an ASP.NET application running on IIS 7 or IIS 7.5 that is experiencing intermittent delays, you have three powerful troubleshooting tools at your disposal that you might not have known about: FREB , Perfecto... Read More

Flush IIS HTTP and FTP Logs to Disk

Feb 03, 2012 by owscott

Today I wanted to find a way to flush the IIS FTP logs on-demand. The logs for IIS FTP flush to disk every 6 minutes, and the HTTP logs every 1 minute (or 64kb). This can make troubleshooting difficult when you... Read More

Using URL Rewrite to Insert Different Scripts Based on Browser...

Feb 03, 2012 by robert_mcmurray

I just stumbled across a piece of sample code that I had written several months ago for a coworker, and I thought that I'd share it with everyone. Here's the scenario: my coworker asked me if it was possible to have... Read More