There are three ways of getting audio and video files (which are usually very large) to the end user: 1. Download – Download the entire file over the Internet, save it to the user’s machine, and then play it from the hard disk. Requires users to sit through a download that can take quite a [...]

Tom Keller had a problem. His Bluegrass on Broad Street program had just reached a milestone, streaming the last night of a summer music series on the Web with both audio and video, and the audience response—both physical and virtual—had been better than expected. But his plans to expand beyond the local area and its [...]

Telestream announced an agreement by which Microsoft will now distribute Windows Media® Components for QuickTime. Powered by Telestream’s Flip4Mac technology, the Windows Media components enable Mac OS X users to play Windows Media video and audio directly within the familiar QuickTime Player. The components are now available as a free-of-charge download from Microsoft’s website at: [...]

Q: Was is rebuffering? A: Given the complexity of the Internet, it’s not unusual for short-lived problems to crop on somewhere in the system. Try connecting again in a minute or two. If your problem mysteriously disappears and never returns, great. If it recurs, especially if you can reproduce it consistently, it’s worth hunting down [...]

Crucial to this discussion is that the format makes no difference if you don’t know who your audience is, what they want to see, how they want to see it, and how your business model works for delivering those things to viewers. Knowing your customer is the most important aspect of any business, especially when [...]

In 2006 there was a marked upswing in the use of video podcasting as a method of distributing multimedia content including audio and video . Video podcasting have been used by a cross-section of traditional and non-traditional media, from major TV networks, cable, and public television stations to software companies, movie studios, and intriguing upstarts [...]

The demand for streaming media players such as Windows Media and Quicktime has long represented the front lines for companies engaged in the codec wars. Since the results of most side-by-side video and media comparisons are subjective and qualitative at best, Microsoft, Apple, Real, Macromedia, and DivX have touted how many times their respective media [...]