Sunday, November 25, 2012

What Everybody Ought to Know About Streaming Video


The term "streaming video" means a compression technology and data buffering, which allows to transmit a real-time video via the Internet. Now you do not need to wait for the full downloading of the video file in order to watch it. It is the main peculiarity of receiving this type of fast video, which is sent by a continuous stream of subsequent compressed packets and is played at the time of transmitting.

In order to watch a streaming video, the user needs a special flash player for decoding the data and displaying it on the screen. This player can integrate in the browser or work as an independent program. There are three most popular players: RealOne Player, Windows Media Player and Quicktime Player.

There are 2 ways of transmitting such video: a progressive and a real-time. The first way of transmitting provides you with better quality of an image and you can use just a standard web-server. But its main disadvantage is the lack of possibilities to jump from one episode to another, that is why it is used to transmit only short video clips via the Internet.

For a real-time streaming video you need a streaming server, but you may begin to watch the video from any moment you wish. This type is convenient for transmitting long videos.

Thanks to the World Web you can download and enjoy free streaming video as well as upload and make it possible for everyone to watch it. You can submit your video free after registration and there is an amount of sites, which offer this service free. There are different types of free streaming videos, covering all the spheres of science, education and entertainment.

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