Video Join the free FREE WDVL Newsletter Video Early web sites were very static affairs, especially before the introduction of inline images and the availability of techniques such as Netscape's push-pull. Web designers have been eager to find ways to introduce eye-catching motion into their pages, even resorting in far too many case to use or abuse of the infamous blink tag. Several other techniques are now available for animating web pages, but most of them are more suited to 'cartoon' style animation rather than portrayal of real scenes such as those available in the video medium. The growth of the multimedia-oriented World Wide Web has accelerated the demand for sleek, attractively packaged information which can be distributed via the web. More and more companies are determining that video is a desirable part of their communications strategy.
Video adds an exciting interactive dimension to corporate communications.
Video is not yet widely deployed at web sites, due to the huge storage and bandwidth requirements. Video is typically recorded in analog format, which can be represented by a curvy sine wave, much like waves moving across the ocean. Analog video cannot be stored on a computer's hard drive, your company's LAN, or the Internet because these tools work exclusively with information stored in a digital format. Digital video is stored and transmitted as a stream of zeros and ones, which a computer or similar device then interprets to produce a display. These formats are designed for optimal quality, and are not suited for streaming .