Chapter 11. Integrating Microsoft IIS Smooth Streaming
With HTTP being the most ubiquitous protocol on the Internet, the benefit of being able to deliver video streams over HTTP with a high degree of reliability and quality is very important to the future of glitch-free, high-definition video streaming.
The reality, however, is that network bandwidth fluctuates over time. Also, the processing capacity of a client computing device can vary over time, too, depending on the CPU load due to the various programs running on it. These factors can cause degradation of the quality of the viewing experience if a video stutters or freezes while the player is waiting to buffer enough data to show the next set of video frames or waiting for the CPU cycles needed ...
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