What the Big 3 Support in Streaming
We're seeing a migration of video toward streaming: Microsoft told us that the overlap between its IPTV effort, MSTV, and its streaming effort, Windows Media, is large and is expected to grow. Real Networks agreed that this is a trend. All streaming vendors listed support a wide range of resolutions.
| Vendor | Transport | Bandwidth( kb/sec) | Controls | ||||||
| Download | Stream | Less than 100 | 100 to 1000 | Greater than 1000 | Multiple Player Support | Intelligent Streaming | IP Protection | Auto-play From Browser | |
| Adobe | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Microsoft | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Real Networks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Notes: "Intelligent streaming" refers to dynamic bandwidth allocation. "Stream" means download and play without user access to the file. "IP protection" refers to protecting the intellectual property of the video. * With Media Player Version 11. |
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