Posted by Martin on 02/18/06 20:55

"zalek" <zalekbloom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1140289473.206998.88150@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I created some video clips in .AVI format (2 - 20MB) and put it on my
> web site, but when I click on it - the site ask me to download first
> the whole file before displaying it. Is there other way to do it, so
> the video will start plaing before downloading the whole file? Where
> can I find information about this process? Any good interenet sites or
> books with information about streaming video?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zalek
>

The term you need is 'progressive download' - where a media file plays as it
downloads instead of waiting for download to complete before playback can
begin.

Take a look at Windows Media Encoder - free from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

Windows Media Encoder produces Windows Media Video or Windows Media Audio
files which - if encoded with care - are perfect for being hosted on a
website.
The quality of the encodings versus the filesize is also very good.
And you should be able to host them on a webserver with nothing else needed
to make them progressive downloads - view as they download.

Martin.

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