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Topic: Can we optimize loading time??

Message posted by pedy on June-21-2007 at 10:19am

United States
February-23-2007
34 Posts

Hello!

I posted my first test tour at Realtor.com, and it looks OK, but the loading time seems too long. I have a shared account with GoDaddy, but I'm not sure exactly what is the cause. How can we optimize the loading time of a Virtual Tour? I used the option for Broadband in Panoweaver, so my panos are about 2000X4000, if I'm not mistaken. Is it better to use Dial-up? Do you have any suggestions from your experience? you can see my tour at:

http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?mlslid=3493652&ml=3&typ=7&sid=3a06c871fcf94a899e8631117e4928b0&lid=1082173383&lsn=1&srcnt=1

Thanks

Message posted by callgary on June-23-2007 at 6:07am

United States
November-19-2002
59 Posts

I also have an account with GoDaddy and am experiencing inconsistant loading times - sometimes slow - sometimes not. Over the weekend, I hope to have time to test the same tours on an alternative site.
Using the Dial-up setting creates a dimensionally smaller pano and smaller file size, resulting in a faster download. Experiment with it to see if it renders the quality you need in order to satisfy your client.
One of the problems is that through the current "Publish" process in TW2, we have lost control over the final file size. We now have to do a lot of guessing and experimenting (too time-consuming a task when busy trying to finish jobs for demanding clients) to discover a satisfactory "happy medium" - that place where the image quality and the loading time are both satisfactory.

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Message posted by 360texas on June-23-2007 at 8:51am

United States
June-12-2002
2240 Posts

I am on aDSL 3.0mbps connection. Used a stop watch to view your page. Visitor should see content [read some type of activity] in less than 20 seconds.

First page opened 14 seconds.

Click to see Tourweaver/ first panorama - 15 seconds

Click to turn off music - 5 seconds

These are great numbers

Only issue I see.. is that the popup tourweaver window was smaller than the full view of the skin and panorama. popup window should visually fit the size of the TW skin dimensions. I had to drag the window wider to see.

by the way what audio file type are you using for the music? .au or .mp3 or .wav. It started playing before the panorama loaded.

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