While a full-featured video editing system that offers many special effects, transitions, and graphics production tools is likely overkill for most web video applications, the need for professional and clean image quality should not be overlooked. In this respect, one should always acquire the best digitizing hardware and software that budgets will allow, which supports a full range of color and is not subject to dropping frames when digitizing. The highest quality original digital video will certainly yield the best web video. Second , the digital video file will need to be compressed and encoded to make it manageable on the Internet from both a file size perspective and from the perspective of digital video formats supported by the range of Internet video servers. An upgrade from 'RealAudio' the first major player is streaming technology.
Quicktime files are the most widely available form of video on the Internet.
However, Quicktime files created prior to version 4.0 do not support true streaming but rather simulated streaming utilizing 'fast-start' . Following the lead of Real and Apple, Microsoft has introduced a video server technology of its own which is essentially made up of a number of high quality smaller video server technologies packaged into a unified whole. As such, NetShow is a fairly stable product that is being adopted by a fairly larger number of people putting video on the web. Finally , the compressed and converted digital video file will need to be transferred to the Internet video server, where it may be offered as either a unicast or multicast video stream. Keep in mind that compressed digital media needs to be uncompressed for playback on the desktop.