Tag: internet speed

What is the history of media streaming?

Paul Andersson

Streaming media over the Internet back to the mid-1990s when the users connected to the Internet via dial-up connections. The low Internet speed, as well as the slow computers, made it very hard for the users to enjoy listening or watching media since they always encountered the buffering issue. However, as a result of high-speed Internet lines, and high-performance computers, nowadays, hundreds of millions of Internet users listen and watch audio and video stream without any problems. In 2006, people watched more than a million streaming videos a day on…

Buffering in IPTV

Paul Andersson

Table of Contents Causes  of the Buffering How to prevent Buffering Although Buffering means a variety of definitions in different types of technologies, here we describe it in the field of IPTV streaming. In general, it means that when you are watching a live stream, the picture sometimes stops and resumes. This issue is being referred to as buffering. Buffering would speed up different tasks on your computer. Buffering can prevent lag when you’re streaming video or prevent slow performance when you’re playing a graphics-intensive video game on your desktop computer. Buffering involves pre-loading data into a certain…