Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia where the user receives the media constantly using a platform over the Internet. Some examples are Netflix and Amazon Prime Video for movies and television series; and Spotify and Apple Music for music and other audio.[1]
Streaming Media Media
On websites such as YouTube, videos such as this short NASA film about spacesuit design are played instantly depending on the user's internet connection, and the video is partially downloaded in the background.
A camera live streaming at a zoo by Niconico
A car audio receiver playing music being streamed via Bluetooth from a smartphone
As music streaming platforms have become more prevalent in the US, music piracy rates have fallen. Piracy rates are calculated as a function of US total population.
A TV set streaming an audio file from a local home server
Unicast connections require multiple connections from the same streaming server even when it streams the same content.
Multicasting broadcasts the same copy of the multimedia over the entire network to a group of clients
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References
- ↑ Gelman, A.D.; Halfin, S.; Willinger, W. (1991). "On buffer requirements for store-and-forward video on demand service circuits". IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference GLOBECOM '91: Countdown to the New Millennium. Conference Record. IEEE. pp. 976–980. doi:10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188525. ISBN 0-87942-697-7. S2CID 61767197.
