So you want your video to play on a website.
Here is a brief explanation of how it works. |
Video clips on internet web sites are becoming more popular as technology advances. Due to the large size of a video file it will need to be compressed to a smaller format before it will play on a web site or "Streamed". |
What is Streaming? |
| Streaming video refers to video content that is compressed and encoded so that it is easily viewed on a web site. In order for streaming video to work, the video clip must be compressed so that a user does not have to wait forever to view the clip, compressing a clip means that it is encoded in a way that trades clarity for size. That is, the more a video clip is compressed, the smaller it becomes and the faster it will play, but the quality will degrade proportionately. |
How it works |
| The way streaming video works is that a remote site on the internet downloads the compressed video data to the user’s computer, and the data is uncompressed and processed by a video player as it is received. |
There are basically four players available. |
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These players are free to everyone and can be downloaded easily.
Most computers have at least one if not all three. |