What is Streaming Media?

Streaming media is a technology that enables you to include digital audio, video and other multimedia elements into your websites in a more seamless and efficient way. With streaming media, a web user does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound. Instead, the media is sent in a continuous stream and is played as it arrives. Media typically consist of audio only, video with audio or any combination of audio, illustrated audio, video, synchronized graphics or animation.

How does it work?

The media files like audio, video etc. are specially formatted and then placed on a streaming server. These media files are called as hyperlinks by the web pages. On a web page when the media link is clicked by the users the contents of the media file begins to flow across the internet in a regular and successive stream from the streaming server to the user’s browser. After a small interval of time, audio and video files begin to play either in a pop up window or embedded into the web page. VCR is a type of control panel, used by the users to pause, rewind and fast forward the media clips.