Well in this thread it seems to refer to 2 things.
1) playing music directly from the internet using Spotify, or in the post I wrote listening to radio live from the internet. It means that you aren't downloading a file and then playing it later, but playing it while it is downloading.
2) sending the audio from one computer to another (or a device like the Airport Express) where the audio is played while it is being sent.
In both, the audio is played while it is being sent.
As an aside, on the honestjohn.co.uk site we implemented a streaming video server for HJ's videos. There are 3 levels of video serving :
1) no streaming server - when you watch the movie it has to download in entirety before it plays.
2) no streaming server - but the player watches how fast the download is progressing and starts playing before it has finished downloading by working out that it will finish playing just after it has finished downloading (progressive download)
3) streaming server - the movie starts playing when the first chunk of data has been sent and plays as it receives. It also means, with suitable markers, that you can fast-forward (or backwards) to any place in the movie and continue from there.
Last edited by: car4play on Mon 26 Apr 10 at 09:25
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