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Inside Using the UMD Streaming Server

• Using the UMD Streaming Server Workshop
• Web (http) or Streaming (rtsp) Delivery?
• Bandwidth
• File Size
• Preparing the Movie for Streaming
• Linking to the Streaming Movie

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• Web Design References
• ITSS Training Homepage

Streaming audio and video over the Internet can be very useful. Many times streaming is not needed as delivering audio and video from a standard http server (Web server or podcast server) will suffice. How do you decide? Do you know the difference?

At UMD, Web (http) delivery of audio and video may be done in any number of formats. The popular ones are:

• Flash
• QuickTime
• Real
• Windows Media

Streaming (rtsp) delivery of audio and video at UMD is currently only available for QuickTime. Live events may also be streamed from this server in QuickTime format.

If you want to incorporate video, sound, images, text, and/or animation into a presentation, lecture, or class please contact the ITSS Multimedia Hub.

If you would like to stream audio and video on your own, you'll need:

• QuickTime Pro ($29.99 electronic download)
• a UMD Web account (if you have your own UMD email address, you have your own Web account)
• the links to the left in "Inside Using the UMD Streaming Server"