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Specto Design has been providing compression and streaming video solutions for websites since the technology was available and delivers the start time and quality ratio for websites and mobile devices (iPhone)

As always there is a collection of different standards and formats for video streams available: Windows Media, RealMedia, Quicktime, MPEG (MPEG-4) and Macromedia Flash. All technologies and formats deliver more or less what they promise so choosing the right format depends on your viewers. A visitor must have the plug-in in order to view online movies, videos or animated content and most users have either the necessary plug-in already installed.

Flash video streaming: Encoding into Flash reaches the broadest audience. 99.7% of all browsers have Flash preinstalled (YouTube and Google Video use this technology). For the few indivials who do not the Flash plug-in installed in their browser we make it easy to automatically upgrade in minutes.

Progressive Download
Progressive download is what is mostly referred to as streaming video. It is the most widely adopted solution for movie trailers and video on the web. Apple.com movies trailers, You Tube and Google Video are all progressive download. It mimics the way actual streaming works with no additional server functionality. When properly compressed and encoded the video begins playing very quickly and the quality when compressed properly is stunning. The benefit is that you can provide online video from your existing hosting package and no further costs are incurred. See examples of video compression and streaming for companies such as: Animal Attractions TV , Guerrilla Docs.

Streaming
True streaming has no start delay at all and will only transmit the data required for the next few seconds to play. In addition, your movie or video has no length limit and has the ability to stream live events. However, this solution requires a dedicated server with software providing this capability. You will incur licensing fees and higher hosting costs as well. View examples of streaming video at CNN or BBC.