The Essential Guide to Streaming MediaStreaming media like live news, music and videos are becoming increasingly popular day by day in the world of internet. Streaming media are videos or audios that are transmitted over a network that can be played immediately without waiting for the file to get downloaded. The content of audio and video are sent to the user as a data stream. The engaging motion and sound to the web are added by the streaming media. The dynamic content are shown largely to the audience globally. Truly speaking streaming media help to protect video content from being pirated and getting misused. If you have to make your website more dynamic then you have to use streaming media content. Actually streaming media is transmitted by a specialized media server application and is processed by a client server application. The most important thing is that it makes possible to distribute conveniently recorded media on demand of the audience. When the media files are received in the client server they can start playing back streaming media as soon as enough data has been received. The moment the data is transferred, it is temporarily stored in a buffer until enough data has been accumulated in the media stream properly. A streamed file is received, processed, and played simultaneously and immediately, and no residual copy of the content left on the receiving device. Basically in streaming media two things merge together, the broadcast and the rich media giving the audience a new world of choice. The digital nature of the streaming media facilitates the integration of interactive capabilities. Research says that most American internet user's view is that websites becomes more enjoyable when and sound and video are combined and included in a site. Audio and video are time dependant mediums and to play them smoothly, a lots of information is needed. |
