Selecting the Playback Quality
When you play media in MediaCentral Cloud UX, you are viewing media that is compressed for optimum viewing over a network. Instead of viewing source media in its native format, the MediaCentral server compresses it on demand for network-based playback.
You have the option of playing media using one of three quality options: good, better, best. Your choice is usually based on the network connection between you and the server. If your computer is connected to the MediaCentral playback server on a local network, you can choose best quality. If your computer is connected to the MediaCentral server over a WAN (Wide Area Network), you might need to choose good quality. Good quality consumes less bandwidth at the expense of image quality.
To select the playback quality of the compressed media:
1. Click the User Profile button on the right side of the Fast Bar and select User Settings.
The User Settings dialog box opens.
2. In the navigation panel, select the settings group Video / Audio.
3. In the Quality section, select the level you want.
The numbers associated with each level indicate the percentage of JPEG compression.
4. Click Save.