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What is "Streaming?"
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"Streaming" multimedia allows the user to
begin viewing video clips stored on our server, without
first downloading the entire file. After a brief period
of initializing and buffering, the file will begin
to stream - or play - in real time.
Your picture quality will be determined by your available
bandwidth (download speed) and computer processor
speed. Users with older processors and slower modem
connections will have more dropped frames and pixelization.
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Archived Video Streams
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Your streaming videos -- which can be linked to or
from your own website, or can stand alone with a URL
we provide -- can be archived on the PVN streaming
server and listed in a comprehensive index of viewable
videos.
View available archived
video streams.
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Software Requirements for the streams
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You will need RealPlayer (ver. 8
or higher) to view the streaming file.
Realplayer is available to
the Penn community via the
PennConnect CD or the supported
products page, and to
others direct from http://www.real.com.
Most streams are encoded in RealPlayer
SureStream. The server will adjust
the stream for each viewer, depending
on the network conditions of the user's
connection. Learn
more about SureStream.
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Viewing this website
This site is best viewed with Firefox 1.5,
Safari 1.2, or Internet Explorer 6.0.
Members of the University of Pennsylvania
community can download the latest supported
browsers from the Penn
supported products page.
Earlier browser versions should still properly display
information on these pages; if they do not, please
contact the webmaster at video[@]isc.upenn.edu.
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