And View It At Leisure
Capturing streaming video is nothing but recording the video while it is being transmitted across the internet. In the past there was the slower method of transferring video over the Internet. This was the HTTP method, which required one to first download the video before being able to view it. This was a slower method but then again there was no need to record the video from the net as the downloading process was a recording or capturing process in itself. This downloaded video could be played and replayed any number of times.
The requirement to make the Internet biz sites more attractive and interactive made web masters look for better ways to present their content. This gave rise to a new market for IT professionals. They started working on a technology that could broadcast live video over the Internet. This technology was first used in 1996 and was termed 'streaming video'. 'Streaming' video because it was delivered to the desktop in one continuous stream with out having to download the video file. Initially the video would take a few seconds to start but then once the video was started it would play through in one continuous stream.
When the technology was in it's infancy there was no way to capture the video online. The streaming video did need some special streaming video software to relay the content of the video online, these were the media players we know today. There are many free media players available at sites that host a list of streaming video productions. They make the video free because they generate a lot of revenue from advertisements that play in between the video clips or before and after the clip. The more popular the video site the more the advertisers will seek them out for their advertising services.
The Internet has millions of great video just waiting to be downloaded from their free streaming video sites. These sites are free of ask for much too little for a great deal of entertainment. You must have the software to capture streaming video to take advantage of these great sites. Unlike the other types of Internet media, streaming media cannot be 'right clicked' and saves to disk. This technology was designed to deliver multimedia, which is video and audio over networks without overloading he web servers. Streaming video has the advantage of being hard to capture and so it is a preferred way to transmit copyright content over the networks. However, some media players have come out with the technology that can be used to capture these streaming media files to the hard disk of the system it is being displayed on.
Streaming video comes in four major formats. Windows Media, Real, Flash and QuickTime being the popular and easiest to replay on any media player. Though there are a few tricks to be learnt with the old software that is used to capture streaming video the newer versions of the same program are making it as easy as clicking the mouse on a link in order to get your copy of the streaming video onto your hard disk.
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