Video Streaming:

Video Streaming is a method of providing either live or pre-recorded video data on a website. The video can be played as and when it is downloaded from the net. It is not necessary to download the video file in full and save it on the hard drive before one is able to watch it. This saves a lot of time for the user.

With the growth of the Internet, streaming technologies have become all the more important as users often do not have sufficient bandwidth resources to download large files quickly.

Streaming media has also the advantage of providing the ability to broadcast live events.

Usually a browser plug–in which decompresses and plays the file in real time is a prerequisite for streaming.

Example for a Streaming Video on www.trafficblueprint.info which shows a tutorial on SEO strategies. The black status bar at the bottom – indicated by the red arrow – demonstrates that the data download to the computer is still in progress while the video is already running.

[Video comes from Latin videre = to see;

Streaming comes from Old English stream = a course of water; Indo European Base streu - = to flow]

 

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