What Video Streaming Technology Is

You hear a lot about Video Streaming Technology, and its rapid development, these days. You use Video Streaming Technology in your daily lives, too – be that for Entertainment, Ecommerce, or even Education. Every company, business, industry, entrepreneur, and even individual is trying to utilize Video Streaming Technology to improve the quality of life – through profits, and other equally important results – but when it comes to knowing what Video Streaming Technology is, how confident can you be?

Read on to know as much as you can about Video Streaming Technology.

Simply put, Video Streaming Technology is a method through which video gets delivered via the Internet.

Millions of customers can access the delivery of both video and audio over the Internet through their smartphones, PCs, PDAs, etc. with the help of Video Streaming Technology. 

Video or audio information is transmitted over the Internet in the following major ways:

Streaming Mode. The viewer does not need to download the content file entirely, for viewing it. The content file can play on, as parts of the content get received, and decoded.

Download Mode. In order to be played, the entire content file needs to get downloaded first. The process is time consuming, and also requires space in the hard disc.

What can a Streaming Media Player be?

It can be --

·       A dedicated device like Roku Player, iPod, Apple TV, etc.

·       A plug-in

·       A component part of a browser

·       An independent program

There might also be players embedded in video files.

What are the types of Streaming Video Content Distribution?

1)    Programmed-time Streaming. In this kind of streaming, a channel is established for an audience on the basis of a schedule.

2)    On-demand Distribution. In the case of this method, a viewer can select which content is to be played at what particular time. Bandwidth costs can increase in this sort of streaming, as a new network stream has to be established for every single player.

Let us now look at some more information related to Video Streaming Technology.

In the case of Real-time Streaming Video Applications, media packets are needed to arrive within time. Packets that get delayed too much are considered pointless, and looked upon as lost. It is also assumed by the Streaming Technology that some packets might have to be abandoned for the sake of constraints related to bandwidth and / or time.

User Datagram Protocol (UDP/IP) is used for Streaming Technology. This delivers the multi-media flow in an array of small packets.

Real Time Transport Protocol / Real Time Streaming Protocol, the application layer protocol, is implemented above UDP/IP in order to give end-to-end network transport for the streaming of video.

Microsoft Media Server (MMS) is also made use of for the streaming of video.

A Video Codec like H.264 or VP8 is used to compress a video stream.

An Audio Codec such as AAC, MP3, or Vorbis is made use of to compress an audio stream.

A container bitstream such as

·       WebM

·       MP4

·       ISMA

·       ASF

or

·       FLV

holds audio and video streams that are encoded and assembled.

The reasons why Video Streaming Technology is growing so much?

·       Improvement in the techniques of compressing audio and video

·       Augmentation in the variety and quality of audio and video services over the Internet

·       Implementation of broadband networks.

There, of course, is a lot more to Video Streaming Technology that you  can profit from learning about, and utilizing that information.

We would be happy to share our knowledge, experience, and expertise related to video streaming, monetization, and delivery with you. Get in touch with us at Ascentspark Software for a free consultation, and customized solutions.