Features of Online Movies and Streaming Video
Streaming media refer to the media files which are continuously and timely transported by streaming transmission technology on the Internet/Intranet, such as audio, video and other multimedia files.
Online movies mean the online cinemas from which you can watch movies directly. And they are media formats which are transported by streaming technology on the Internet. Both online movies and streaming video are streaming media and transported by streaming transmission technology, so they have the same features below:
- Convenience - It enables you to enjoy movies at home.
- Quick - Streaming media enable users to watch movies without downloading the whole movie file. Only after a few seconds' start-up delay, users can watch the VOD and the rest part of the movie will continue to be downloaded in the backstage server.
- High image quality - With the application of streaming transmission technology, the online movies and streaming video have a higher image quality.
- Rich contents - Online movies and streaming video have contents about almost all the subjects imaginable.
- Free - Overcomes the constraints of time and place, so the users can watch the online movies whenever and wherever they want.
- Enhances the buffer capacity, which greatly reduces users' waiting time
- Saves the valuable space of your computer - The streaming videos don't occupy the computer memory
- Two kinds of streaming methods - Real-time streaming and progressive streaming
- P2P online movies - The emergence of the P2P online movies makes movie hobbyists crazy. P2P movie mode has the feature that more people watch movies online, faster speed videos will be. With the development of the Internet, P2P as a new kind of Internet movies playing format has become one of the users' favorite playing format for its fast speed, less buffer and more users, smoother feature.
