StreamWorks (http://www.xingtech.com) is a set of programs to produce, serve, and play both audio and video files over the network.
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As for RealAudio, playback works in the stream mode.
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The same market strategy: free players, expensive servers
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Architecture: an independent streaming audio/video server. Integration with Web via CGI technology: more flexible than RealAudio
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Compression: MPEG 1 for both audio and video. Multirate audio streams. Video streams with bit rates down to ISDN rate.
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The quality we observed warrants a qualification as a working prototype.
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Internet bandwidth limitations and absence of QOS measures make implementation of the stream servers difficult
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