Technologies
like video streaming has been already here for almost several decades, but only
recently did we experience the perfection of the technology. With the expansion
of bandwidth and with better video streaming software, we can now view almost
every major event that we would like to behold. Moreover, we could also stream
live any momentous event of our lives online to the delight of our followers
and friends. Furthermore, we can watch long video lectures that are performed
online, and we can also behold even the landing of spacecraft on another planet
online. Likewise, with streaming technology at hand, anyone can now broadcast
anytime as long as one is connected to the internet.
Disadvantages and Advantages of Streaming Videos
In
the past, if a person had desired to post a video online, he had to post the
URL of the video online, and those who would like to watch the video would
simply click then on the link to download it. But before a person could watch
the video, he/she had to download completely the video. Gone were those days
when you have to download completely a video before you can watch it. At
present, you can simply watch an streamed video as you download it.
Another
advantage of streaming video is that your video is definitely more protected
from copyright infringement if you stream it. On the part of broadcasting
companies, they can utilize streaming technologies to allow their news
gathering team to broadcast easily anywhere and anytime. The electronic news gathering equipment of
these broadcasting companies can surely facilitate the process of streaming
live news feed without the need for the once cumbersome equipment of live
broadcasting. It is in this aspect that streaming live videos becomes very
important and useful. It definitely diminishes the burden involved in
broadcasting live news, and surely gone were the days when live outdoor
broadcasting of news and events were truly burdensome and cumbersome, needing
tons of cables and requiring a cabal of crews.
One
downside however of the streaming technology is that it requires larger
bandwidth than that of simply downloading the video. Yet, most subscribers
nowadays have data plans that are capable of high speed connectivity. Hence,
the problem of higher bandwidth surely no longer poses as a big problem for
those who would like to stream live and watch streamed videos.
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