title: How do I stream an uploaded video on Azure Media Services
body: <p>I uploaded a video to Azure Media Services, and clicked the "publish" button.  That gave me a publish URL.</p>
  
  <p>I then used the Azure Media Player (<a href="http://amp.azure.net/libs/amp/latest/docs/samples.html" rel="nofollow">http://amp.azure.net/libs/amp/latest/docs/samples.html</a>) to embed my video content on a page.</p>
  
  <p>The problem I'm having is that the video is choppy to start.  Perhaps it's the encoding of the video, but I want to make sure, if I want to stream a video, using the media player or anything else, do I just use the "Publish URL"?  OR is there a different way of requesting video content to "smooth stream"?</p>