This is theWebcasting and Streaming Media section of the degree program.
Webcasting is a specialized application of streaming media technology. Streaming Media enables real time delivery of media presentations across a network. The key difference between web servers and streaming servers is a web server will download the files while a streaming serve "streams" the files. Downloaded files are visible only after the completion of the download. Streaming files are visible as they are being downloaded.
The importance of bandwidth for a streaming file cannot go unnoticed. The bandwidth of the intended audience should determine how the webcast is encoded. The bandwidth available to the website determines how much data can be sent to the distribution servers. The aggregate bandwidth used determines the bandwidth charge.
Podcasting (from Wikipedia) is a series of audio or video digital media files which are distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers. Though the same content may also be made available by direct download or streaming, a podcast is distinguished from most other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added. Like the term broadcast, podcast can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.
To the left are links that will open different examples of Webcasting & Streaming Media and Podcasting. Documentation links are below. Applications are best viewed in IE7.
Webcasting & Streaming Media Documentation