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Streaming
Video
Player
Allows Real-Time Viewing
With
the help of a streaming video player, one can
play videos immediately with no need to transfer from the
server to the computer.
Until
recently, digital video files needed to be painstakingly downloaded
from a remote server.
Although some would argue that streaming
video
is still in its infant stages, it is gaining serious momentum
and has unlimited potential that is currently only
reliant on the size of the bandwidth network.
Most
streaming videos require sending high quality videos. For
the web surfers, this could mean 200 million television
channels...and for a
video marker it could be an unprecedented broadcasting opportunity.
Streaming
Video Player Background
- Streaming
video is a term that is applied to buffering and
compression techniques.
- It allows you to
transmit and view videos in real time through the internet
services.
- Instead of waiting
till a file gets downloaded, streaming video would start playing in a
short time after starting with the downloading and while it is still in
process.
Streaming
Video Players
- Real Network’s
RealPlayer,
Apple’s QuickTime, and Microsoft’s Windows Media Player are the most
common streaming video players.
- RealPlayer is a
basic free version.
- QuickTime is a free
downloadable player that plays downloadable and
streaming media files easily.
- Windows Media Player
is also a free
downloadable player and it plays streaming and downloadable files.
- All
these three players are viable options for viewing the streaming
media.
RealPlayer
- It
is one of the most popular video players
and is leading the PC market.
- However, the MAC
support is limited
and its server is quite expensive.
- With the help of
this player one can
create RealVideo files and can embed them into HTML without any help of
a special server.
- The performance of streaming
depends on the speed of the user
connection and also the speed of the internet connection that you are
using.
- The picture quality is good at the frame
level but depending on internet speed and bandwidth the refresh rate
can be questionable at times.
- Depending on speed
and bandwidth, video can appear to be "jumpy" and the
whole essence of storing telling can be degraded.
QuickTime
- Mac-based
video streaming player and has been around in the market for a
long time.
- It requires a special server but
newer MAC systems running the latest OS and
QuickTime Pro could be configured like a QuickTime
server.
- All one requires is high-speed connection.
This allows you
to configure the videos in the streams which would allow you to
download and play simultaneously.
- The performance
might vary from one
server to another.
- It has gained popularity as it
is compatible with both PC and MAC
users.
Windows Media
Player
- The
streaming video
player is a popular AVI extension.
- The player is
integrated and can be
resized by the viewer.
- It streams well at
the full screen resolution.
- The ASF format breaks
the AVI files into
the streamable data packs.
- Can be easily
transmitted over the
internet.
- The browser
downloads the files and plays with the player.
- If
you have bandwidth,
the quality would be as good as any streaming video player on the
market.
- It allows both PC and MAC users.
In
addition to the streaming
video player
section here, please check out the other
principles of how
to stream video such as:
saving
streaming video, video
encoder, record
streaming video, create
streaming video, copy
streaming video, capture
streaming video and download
streaming video.
And
for more streaming media
info, don't
forget to visit the streaming
media hosting, online
video sharing, video
teleconference and digital
media sections.
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