Streaming server vs Network sharing(NFS)

[Dave]

That will depend on the application / applet you are using.

It's not clear here whether you are trying to view the media using a link to launch an external media player or by using an applet embedded in a web page. You need to provide much more information.

If your MIME types are configured correctly, and the application supports it, then it should open up and start playback as it is downloading, as long as there is sufficient bandwidth to do so. (The download bandwidth has to be equal or greater to the bit rate the stream was encoded at for this to work.)

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(10-21-2009 07:05 AM)Dave Wrote:  YouTube is mainly progressive download. If you look at the player, you will see a progress bar as it downloads. If you look in your browser cache you will find a copy of the video file you have just been watching.

Live streaming is (near) real-time transmission where typically you encode directly from a camera and the stream is sent over the network to the browser. Only the data buffer gets stored on the local system before it is rendered and displayed.

On-Demand streaming is where the content has been encoded and stored on a file system and then streamed when requested. Only the data buffer gets stored on the local system.

Progressive download is where the content has been encoded and stored on a file system and then downloaded when requested but allows playback whilst downloading, providing the download speed is equal to or faster than the playback rate. Video data ends up on the local system, usually in your browser cache.

Download is where the content has been encoded and stored on a file system and then downloaded. Playback only takes place after the file has been fully downloaded.

good explanation.
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