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Streaming Video Showcase

Utilizing the latest streaming technology, the Saint Limited is pleased to present, for your viewing pleasure, classic dance videos, re-edited with Ulead Meda Studio 6™ and compressed for streaming presentation with codecs using the Windows Media Encoder 9™. and Real Producer 8.5 engines. What does all this mean to you the viewer and listener?: Richer colors, smoother playback, fewer dropped frames, sharper imagery, large playback areas, and near CD-quality stereo sound (particularly in the case of the Windows Media technology)..

Vivo, Inc and Real Networks (formerly Progressive Networks) were the original pioneers in the delivery of real-time streaming and broadcasting for multimedia. Microsoft more recently entered the battle with a major commitment to expand and further streaming technology solutions for the web. Stepping up the timetable and going head-to-head with Real Networks, Microsoft is now gaining momentum thanks to its improved WMV-9 "Corona" playback and encoding technologies.

comparison between RealVideo and WindowsMedia

Videos featured on this site combine original editing, mixing, and dubbing of copyrighted material. If you have any requests, we have a large library of videos and will make every effort to ensure that your choices are showcased.

If you are listening to the RealAudio™ streaming audio mix (on the main page), please close the pop-up play list window in order to enable the audio/video on this page.

Any questions concerning media streaming technologies or comments pertaining to the videos, please contact us. at your convenience.

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What exactly is streaming media?

STREAMS are compressed and encoded packets of data delivered to the end-user from special servers or http servers (standard web servers). 'Streaming' technologies enable multimedia and other high bandwidth data to be viewed in real time streams of data. The process entails special compression schemes called codecs which enable the data to be buffered and viewed while the file is downloading. This circumvents the need for the file to completely download to the user's computer before being able to view and hear its contents.

Streams can originate from live broadcasts or downloaded from source files on special servers, enabling better synchronization between audio, text, images, and video. Furthermore, streams can be encoded for playback on multiple connection speeds depending on the end-user's bandwidth capability.

While streaming video is still heavily constrained on low-bandwidth connections, in26 to 56K modem scenarios, for example, high-speed connections such as DSL/Cable/LAN/T1 enable clear, crisp, and smooth video delivery as well as larger display size. This capability has been enhanced with the recently-released Windows WMV-8 and Real Networks RealVideo-8 codecs.

Streaming media represents one of the most exciting areas of technological development for the internet today, and as more of the general population moves to high bandwidth solutions, it almost certainly will become the standard for "live" multimedia communications on the web.

Streaming Video Showcase

(please choose your connection speed

56K or Broadband)

Artist:Whitney Houston

Title: 'It's Not Right, But It's OK'

Arista, 1999