What is Streaming Media

Streaming media (English: Streaming media) is a technology and process that compresses a sequence of multimedia materials and then transmits the materials in segments over the Internet, instantly transmitting audio and video over the Internet for viewing.

This technology allows packets of data to be sent as a stream, without which the entire media file would have to be downloaded before use.

Live streaming refers to the real-time delivery of Internet content, much like live television broadcasts content over the airwaves via a television signal. Live Internet streaming requires a form of source media (e.g., camera, audio interface, screen capture software), an encoder to digitize the content, a media publisher, and a content delivery network to distribute and deliver the content. Live streaming does not require recording at the source, although recording is often required.

Extended information:

Streaming media characteristics

1. Content is primarily temporally continuous media data (audio, video, animation, multimedia, etc.).

2. Content can be transmitted using streaming technology without conversion.?

3, has a strong real-time, interactive.?

4. The startup delay is greatly reduced, shortening the user's waiting time; the user does not have to wait until all the content has been downloaded to the hard disk to start browsing, but can start watching after a startup delay.

5. The requirement for system cache capacity is greatly reduced.

Internet is based on packet transmission asynchronous transmission, data is broken down into many packets for transmission, because each packet may choose a different route, so the time delay to reach the user's computer will be different;

And in the client on the need for a cache system to make up for the impact of latency and jitter, as well as to ensure that the packet transmission order in the streaming file playback process, because there is no longer a need to put all the files, so that they can be played.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Streaming Media