What are the advantages of using streaming media?
“Streaming media” refers to listening to or viewing digital media (audio or video) on your computer in real time as it comes across the Internet. Originally, people had to wait up to an hour to hear or see a few minutes of downloaded audio and video. Internet media via the download-and-play method means your computer downloads a compressed media file, such as .mov, from the Internet to your hard drive. Once that file has downloaded completely, the media starts to play. With streaming media, you can view content and information instantly on anything from an ordinary dial-up line to a broadband connection or here on campus. Real time streaming broadcasts directly to your computer from our server and is played back as the information is received.
