“Adaptive Streaming”

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The Internet and worldwide web are continuously in motion. In the early days, pages
were pure text although still images were incorporated fairly quickly, followed by
moving pictures in the form of “Animated GIF” files. True video only became
possible years later.
Nowadays, video playback is ubiquitous on the web, but a smooth playback
experience is not always guaranteed: long start-up times, inability to seek to an
arbitrary point and re-buffering interruptions are no exceptions. In the last few years,
however, new delivery techniques have been developed to resolve these issues, in
particular “Adaptive Streaming” as described in this article.

B.R.

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