CHAPTER 10

Alternative Systems and Methods

Everyone has daydreamed about chucking it all, packing the family, and starting over. The daydreams usually occur when something about what you’re doing at the moment doesn’t feel quite right, though you can’t put your finger on it. Maybe you’ve successfully implemented a streaming strategy at work, or put your home video online. You may be thinking there’s got to be a better way, or just a different way.

The wonderful thing about software is that there’s always a different way of doing something. The universe of 1s and 0s is the most plastic ever conceived. In the streaming world, some people believe all codecs should work on any streaming platform. They shouldn’t be limited to a single platform built ...

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