As for other compression techniques, Windows Media uses WM9, and Macromedia uses Flash. Based on many of the same standards as MPEG or derivative ideas from those standards, each claims to produce the same output as MPEG, but with more significant compression ratios. Real Networks and Apple also have compression implementations, but Flash and Windows Media seem to be dominating the streaming market.
Doing Video On the Cheap
Suppose you only need to capture video at one site and have it played out at a second location. For example, you have a camera in the executive suite and want the video transported to the studio in another building. Simple, right? You need an MPEG-2 encoder, a network interface, an MPEG-2 set-top box and a display device. Visionary Solutions sells an encoder for about $1,200, and a set top box can be had from Amino Technologies for a little under $300. Throw in about 3 Mbps to 5 Mbps of bandwidth and a television and you're in business. If you need to secure the stream, inexpensive encryption appliances are available from vendors like Mistletoe Technologies.
A Taxonomy of Video Types
Broadcast Video: What you see when you watch television at home. It's the technology of antennae or coax cables, DVD players, and set-top boxes. The term "broadcast" refers to a realistic top-quality output—it's the "toll quality" of video, transmitted in 6 MHz channels if analog. If it's digitized, as many as four broadcast program channels can be squeezed into the same 6 MHz band. It may use IP transport, but it won't be apparent because conversion and delivery are inside the service provider's network. It's almost always in a one-to-many configuration.
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