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NetShow On-Demand
is the easiest, most cost-effective way to stream audio, illustrated audio
and video across networks for effective information delivery.
Streaming offers the ability to have content start to play immediately instead
of downloading to the user's hard drive first. This allows developers to
provide very long content that can start playing right away.
This component of NetShow is made up of the Microsoft NetShow On-Demand Player,
the NetShow On-Demand Server, and several tools for easily creating content.
- Microsoft NetShow On-Demand Player enables users equipped with Windows 95
or Windows NT multimedia personal computers connected to a voice-grade telephone
line or a corporate LAN to play ASF-based audio, illustrated audio, and video
content on demand - no download required!
- Microsoft NetShow On-Demand Server allows customers to host audio,
illustrated audio (images synchronized with an audio track) and video content on
a Windows NT Server, for fast streaming delivery over corporate intranets.
NetShow On-Demand uses the ActiveX Streaming Format (ASF) to efficiently store and
synchronize multimedia content for delivery over the network.
The NetShow On-Demand Server takes advantage of the security, reliability, and
scalability of Windows NT Server, and adds the ability to stream
multimedia over UDP-IP.
- Microsoft NetShow On-Demand tools:
- ASF Editor - Allows you to create illustrated audio files from standard audio
and images, and to create Web tours by adding URL flips at specific points in
the audio track. The easy-to-use graphical user interface makes content creation
simple.
- VIDtoASF - Quick and easy tool for preparing AVI and QuickTime files
to stream.
- WAVtoASF - Quick and easy tool for preparing WAV audio files to stream.
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