How to make Streaming Video Part1

When creating Streaming Video, there are two things you need to understand: The video file format and the streaming method.

There are many file formats to choose from when we creating video streams. The most common file formats are:

1.Windows Media

2.Real Media

3.QuickTime

4.MPEG-4

5.Adobe Flash

There are advantages and disadvantages to each of those formats but in the end it depends to personal preference. Be aware that many of your users will have their own personal preferences and some users will only use a particular format. So if you want to reach the widest possible audience you should create separate files for each of the formats. Obviously the better you understand all the options , the better your decision is likely to be.

At this moment we won’t worry too much about individual format.