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What formats are available to stream audio or video and what format is the best?

April 26, 2017audio best format formats stream video

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What formats are available to stream audio or video and what format is the best?

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The two predominant streaming formats today are Windows Media and Flash. With NetBroadcasting.tv streaming services you can choose one or both of these formats. Windows Media is somewhat easier to implement because simple links can be placed on your website for live and on-demand streams which will open your users’ Windows Media Player and begin playing your streams. Flash can be embedded in most any browser and operating system. Flash streaming requires website knowledge in embedding a Flash player on a web page. Normally Flash is not played in an external player in the way that Windows Media plays. There is a new interface for Windows Media streaming called Silverlight. Silverlight provides better compatibility for Windows Media streaming to non-windows computers and can be embedded very easily into web pages.