How Does Video Streaming Work

I want to offer video streaming on my website, and I just want to know
what are the basics and how to do it. I am very new to devolping
websites, if I can have this in simple terms I would appreciate it.

TIA

streaming video requires an application at the user end to play the file as
it comes.

if you want to play with it less painfully try streaming mp3 files (which
are much smaller) as a test.

for example -
If you place a file on your server & link to it with a web page the user
has some options . .

single click - this loads it into the player and generally starts playing
AFTER it is completely loaded.

right Click / save as - then the user loads it completely to their hard
drive and plays it after it is completely downloaded/saved.

if you make a playlist file myflile.m3u some players will play it as it
loads, others will not.


the other options use real audio or quicktime that you generally have to
purchase.




"kid frost" <g1mike (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

I want to offer video streaming on my website, and I just want to know
what are the basics and how to do it. I am very new to devolping
websites, if I can have this in simple terms I would appreciate it.

TIA