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Video Streaming

Video Streaming refers to transferring video data such that it can be processed as a steady and continuous stream over the network. With streaming, the client browser or plug-in can start displaying the multimedia data before the entire file has been transmitted. Video streaming technology is developed based on 2 key technologies, the video coding technology and scalable video distribution technology.

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