What Is Web Streaming?
Streaming media refers to a technology and process that compresses a series of media data and then sends the data segmented on the Internet to instantly transmit video and audio for viewing on the Internet. This technology enables data packets to be sent like streaming water; Without this technology, the entire media file must be downloaded before use. Streaming can transmit live video or movies pre-stored on the server. When the viewer is watching these video files, the video data will be played by specific playback software immediately after reaching the viewer's computer. [1]
- Streaming media technology refers to a technology that compresses a series of media data and transmits it in segments on the network in a streaming manner to realize real-time transmission of video and audio on the network for viewing. [2]
- (1) The content is mainly media data that is continuous in time (
- The most important technical feature of streaming media is streaming, which allows data to be transmitted like water. [3]
- TCP requires more overhead, so it is not suitable for transmitting real-time data; streaming transmission generally uses HTTP / TCP (RTCP to transmit control information, and RTP / UDP (RTP) to transmit real-time audio data. [4]
- When using streaming media technology, audio and video files must use the corresponding format, and different formats of files need to be played by different player software. At present, the following audio and video files that use streaming media technologies are: [5]
- The streaming media system includes the following 5 aspects: [4]
- Streaming technology