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- Spider Player Pro 2.3.11 (Windows)
- Spider Player is a small media player with an array of extra features that include a CD ripper and audio format converter (MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV), Equalizer with presets, ID3 and WMA metadata editor, Song lyrics editor, CDDB support, Unicode support and more.The player uses the Bass Audio Library from...
- Tags: WMA, Microsoft Windows, Streaming Media, VIT Software, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Digital Music, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-08-02
- Sony BDV-E500W--photos
- The Sony BDV-E500W is an attractive home theater system with built-in Blu-ray and wireless rear speakers, but it's too expensive and lacks streaming media services such as Netflix or Pandora found on cheaper competing systems. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Sony Corp., Photograph, Streaming Media, Sony BDV-E500W, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Home Entertainment, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-07-21
- Leading TV and Online Sports Broadcaster Raises the Bar With Microsoft Silverlight
- Founded in 1992 and based in London, Setanta Sports is a leading Internet and pay-TV sports broadcaster, operating channels in the U.K., Ireland, North America, and Australia. Setanta wanted to evolve its Web-based streaming media service to deliver new levels of subscriber satisfaction. But to accomplish that, Setanta needed much...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Content Delivery, Microsoft Corp., TV, Broadcaster, Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Ask & Record Toolbar 1.0 (Windows)
- The Ask & Record Toolbar is a FREE, revolutionary new browser-based video/audio recording and conversion program that allows you to save and convert video from 1000s of sites; create MP3s from ANYTHING you hear on your PC and will convert your saved files to most popular formats. The video saving...
- Tags: Search Engine, Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, Video, Streaming Media, Applian Technologies, Ask & Record Toolbar, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Marketing, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-03-27
- CES 2009: Hands-on with Netgear's new streaming media devices
- Certainly one of the big stories at CES this year has been TV manufacturers finally embracing the Internet on their new sets, thanks in large part to the widget platform that adds real-time streaming info on-screen while you're watching shows. But home networking companies aren't yielding the living room just...
- Tags: Video, NetGear, Streaming Media, Elite, Home Networking, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- SonicWALL and Gartner Discuss Next-Generation Firewall: Driving Productivity, Security & Efficiencies Webcast
- Network and application usage is dramatically changing the way networks are designed, managed and protected. The need for bandwidth is increasing and users are becoming more technically savvy. At the same time, the growth of unsecure Web 2.0, Software as a Service SaaS, Service Oriented ArchitectureSOA, social networking and streaming...
- Tags: Security, Webcast, Network, SonicWall, Gartner Inc., Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software As A Service (SaaS), Digital Media, Networking, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Streaming Media Policy
- Several independent surveys confirm worldwide streaming media use has grown significantly. While there are many legitimate business applications for streamed audio and video files, much streaming media content is strictly entertainment-based and serves no enterprise value. This policy applies to all employees, contractors, consultants, temporaries,...
- Tags: Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Download resources 2008-11-19
- Marathon Oil Corporation Taps Rich Vein of Streaming Media Content for Educating and Communicating With Its Global Workforce
- Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Marathon is one of the largest energy industry companies in the world. Like other multi-national enterprises, Marathon was faced with the challenge of effectively and affordably communicating with its dispersed workers. Training communications could range from the most complicated IT issues to how to properly use...
- Tags: Rich Media, Streaming Media, Workforce, Accordent Technologies, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2008-09-10
- All to Real Converter 6 (Windows)
- A professional conversion tool can help you convert AVI/MPEG-1/MP2/MP3/WAV/Quick Time to RM Real Media Files. Real Media is one of the most popular streaming media formats. All to Real Converter is a perfect tool either for novice or for advanced content creator. It can convert AVI to RM, MPEG-1 to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tool, Streaming Media, Realconvert, RM, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Productivity, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- Internet Service Provider Boosts Performance With New Operating System
- HiNet provides media services through an advanced IT environment called the HiNet Media Platform HMP and delivers streaming media services for the hinet.net and hichannel.hinet.net Web sites. As its service offerings grow, HiNet wants to ensure that HMP will support ever-increasing bandwidth and processing requirements. In particular, the company wants...
- Tags: Performance, Operating System, Internet Service, Streaming Media, HiNet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- SDP Multimedia 2.3 (Windows)
- View the streaming media in preview mode and save stream to your hard disk. The SDP Multimedia application was designed to help users view the streaming media in preview mode and save stream to your hard disk. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Hard Drive, Microsoft Windows, Streaming Media, Paul, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-01-09
- Vantage Service Check: Driving Support Costs Out of Internet Services Delivery While Discovering New Revenue Opportunities
- As the broadband subscriber base continues to grow, demand for customer support by customer care will also grow exponentially. With new subscribers comes an upsurge in trouble calls and the need to reduce the cost of managing these calls. Introduction of full triple-play services will add significant complexity to the...
- Tags: Revenue, Video Service, Revenue Opportunity, Compuware Corp., Internet Service, Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Internet, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Light-Trail Testbed for Metro Optical Networks
- Telecommunication networks have rapidly added staggering amounts of capacity to their long haul networks at low costs per bit using DWDM technologies. Concurrently, there has been a wave of new access technologies that are driving customers to demand high-speed, robust and customized data services. These dynamics have led to what...
- Tags: Iowa State University, Optical Network, Network, FPGA, Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Optical Networking, Fiber Optics, Digital Media, Networking, Internet, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A Hybrid Caching Strategy for Streaming Media Files
- A recently proposed streaming media file caching algorithm, called Resource Based Caching RBC, considers the impact of both file size and required delivery bandwidth in making cache insertion and replacement decisions. Previous comparisons between RBC and the Least-Frequency-Used LFU policy conclude that RBC provides a better byte hit ratio in...
- Tags: Strategy, Policy, Streaming Media, University Of Saskatchewan, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Performance Management, Digital Media, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Segment-Based Proxy Caching for Internet Streaming Media Delivery
- The proliferation of multimedia content on the Internet poses challenges on existing content delivery networks. While proxy caching proves to be a successful approach to delivering traditional text-based static objects, it faces difficulties in delivering streaming media objects due to much larger sizes of media objects and rigorous continuous delivery...
- Tags: Technique, Streaming Media, College Of William & Mary, Web Site Development, Internet, Web Technology, Productivity, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Analysis of a CDN-P2P Hybrid Architecture for Cost-Effective Streaming Media Distribution
- To distribute video and audio data in real-time streaming mode, two different technologies - Content Distribution Network CDN and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) - have been proposed. However, both technologies have their own limitations: CDN servers are expensive to deploy and maintain, and consequently incur a cost for media providers and/or clients...
- Tags: Purdue University, P2P, Analysis, Streaming Media, Peer, Peer To Peer (P2P), Servers, Internet, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A CDN-P2P Hybrid Architecture for Cost-Effective Streaming Media Distribution
- To distribute video and audio data in real-time streaming mode, two different technologies - Content Distribution Network CDN and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) - have been proposed. However, both technologies have their own limitations: CDN servers are expensive to deploy and maintain, and consequently incur a cost for media providers and/or clients...
- Tags: Purdue University, P2P, Streaming Media, Peer, Peer To Peer (P2P), Servers, Internet, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A Transport Layer for Live Streaming in a Content Delivery Network
- Streaming media on the internet has experienced rapid growth over the last few years and will continue to increase in importance as broadband technologies and authoring tools continue to improve. As the internet becomes an increasingly popular alternative to traditional communications media, internet streaming will become a significant component of...
- Tags: Content Provider, Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network, Akamai Technologies Inc., Streaming Media, Live Streaming, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Analysis of a Hybrid Architecture for Cost-Effective Streaming Media Distribution
- To distribute video and audio data in real-time streaming mode, both CDN Content Distributed Network based and peer-to-peer based architectures have been proposed. However, each architecture has its limitations. CDN servers are expensive to deploy and maintain. The storage space and out-bound bandwidth allocated to each media file are limited...
- Tags: Purdue University, P2P, Analysis, Architecture, Streaming Media, CDN Server, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Cost-Distortion Optimized Caching of Streaming Media
- Caching of Internet content in caches local to users is beneficial to both users and the network, because it reduces retrieval times for the user as well as reduces load on the network. However, it comes at the cost of storage in the cache, which can be large, particularly when...
- Tags: Multimedia, Streaming Media
- White papers 2007-11-07
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