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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 31, 2005 11:17AM

Jared Smith wrote:

> - Flash video is very universal, but it is not truly streaming (i.e.,
> the user must download the entire file to listen to the last few
> seconds). It works very well for shorter video segments, but for long
> videos, it may not work as well as a true streaming format.

Just a small addition to this point: unless I'm mistaken, you can get
actual streaming in Flash via the Communication Server package.
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashcom/

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Patrick H. Lauke
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