Current plan is to design a uniform platform for the integration and delivery of diverse media through streaming architecture, with similar properties to RealAudio.
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interactive stream control (start, stop, pause stream)
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error mitigation (smooth out audio effect of lost packets)
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bandwidth negotiation (client requests a bandwidth - performance monitoring may adjust bandwidth that server is sending if network traffic is high.
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multicasting (one media stream can be directed to multiple clients)
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scalability (broadcast length?)
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live broadcasting and monitoring
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Multimedia streams are time-based files with multiple tracks of media
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Designed as an open framework for client/server plug-ins
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Types of media: audio, video, MIDI, text, images, animations, presentations
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Current separate media servers that could be served from this architecture: FutureSplash, Enliven, Crescendo, RealAudio & LiveMedia, ClearVideo, and OLiVR
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