the technology of video and audio streaming

[...]... versus the European standard of 625 lines/ 25 frames per second The other is the different telecommunications 10 The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming standards, with the Bell hierarchy in the United States giving a base broadband rate of 1.5 Mbit/s (T-1), and the 2 Mbit/s (E-1) of the Europe Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) It is relatively easy to convert from one to another, so the. .. So it helps to understand the pipes through which the media is delivered Streaming is not like the web page where the content arrives after a short delay, and how it reached the browser is of little concern to the user With 14 The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming streaming the intervening network has a major impact on the delivered quality of the video and audio Most streaming files are delivered... MX2004 these sites now can include true 6 The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming Figure 1.3 Evolution from diverse media to a new generation of integrated media Introduction 7 streaming video and audio embedded in the animation So by combining the production methods of the multimedia disk with the skills of the web developer, a whole new way to communicate ideas has been created Convergence The. .. layer The network access layer includes a number of protocols that deliver the data over the physical network (the copper and fiber) The protocol chosen depends upon the type of physical network The Internet layer delivers the data packets from the source to the destination address It masks the network technology in use from other layers The host-to-host layer handles the connection rendezvous and manages... than the stalling that we see with conventional codecs Routers compliant with IP version 6 support multicasting as a standard facility 18 The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming Real-time protocols A number of different protocols have been developed to facilitate real-time streaming of multimedia content Streaming means that the mean frame rate of the video viewed at the player is dictated by the. .. are unaware of the processes happening as data tranverses the network? In all but the smallest of enterprises, the IT department maintains the computer network infrastructure How many of us are concerned with what happens beyond the RJ-45 jack on the wall? It says a lot for computer networks that we often forget the network is there We haul files across the world at the click of a mouse, and they arrive... are converging – there is a blurring of the edges between the traditional divides of mass communication Print now has e-books, and the newspapers have their own web sites carrying background to the stories and access to the archives The television set-top box can be used to surf the Web, send e-mail, or interact with the program and commercials Now a web site may have embedded video and audio New technologies... The big advantage of streaming over television is the exploitation of IP Connectivity – a ubiquitous medium How many of ce workers have a television on their desk and a hookup to the cable television system? Europe and the United States Over the years the United States and Europe have adopted different standards that impact upon this book The first is the television standards, with the United States... addition to the rich media producers’ toolbox Just as the cinema and radio were ousted by television as the primary mass communication medium, streaming is set to transform the World Wide Web The original text-based standards of the Web have been stretched far beyond the original functionality of the core protocols to incorporate images and animation, yet video and audio are accepted as the most natural... This is the same as a television production team, but the videographer should understand the limitations of the medium Streaming media players are not high-definition television If you are producing rich media, many of the skills should already be present in your web team These include the design skills plus the ability to write the SMIL and TIME scripts used to synchronize the many elements of an interactive . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming Second Edition