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Abstract
Streaming Movies Over the Internet
The project goal of this research project is to conduct a study to determine
the most effective way to stream real time video clips over the Internet. In
preparing to precede with this the project a determination was made on what
software that would be most value to complete this task. The choices made Real
Producer Plus for PC, the G3 PowerPC Macintosh and Windows NT 4.0. Real
Producer is a multimedia production environment designed to help convert large
amounts of audio and video content to a streaming format suitable for
distribution via Web sites. Real Audio and Video streaming is rapidly becoming
a necessity for a large segment of websites.
Streaming media is a method of making audio, video and other multimedia available
in real-time, with no download wait, over the Internet or corporate intranets.
Streaming media systems consist of the following five elements: Encoders &
Tools, used to create or capture and edit multimedia Data Types, which are
transmitted by centrally located servers over Networks to individual client
players, on a live or on-demand basis by multiple end-users with Player
software on their personal computers or other personal electronic devices. The
following are the system configuration used in processing the streaming video.
In addition to the configuration elements the software utilized and/or
connections were Real Producer Plus, AVI conversion software, and s-video/video
connections to acquire the VCR captures.
System
Configuration
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Platform |
Hard drive |
Memory |
Operating System |
Processor |
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PowerPC G3 |
1.2 GB |
32 MB |
OS 8.1 |
266 Mhz |
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Windows |
17 GB |
256 MB |
NT 4.0 |
550 Mhz |