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	<link>http://howto-host-video.com</link>
	<description>a blog on web video publishing</description>
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		<title>Pay-per-view online video requirements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many misconceptions about pay per view video online and what is actually needed to be successful in such a business. I&#8217;ll try to highlight some of my thoughts on this type of business and the technology required to make it work. You can&#8217;t just throw some half baked PPV solution and get to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/10/pay-per-view-video/</link>
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		<title>HD compromises &#8211; &#8220;near HD&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;HD Lite&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High definition video imposes huge requirements on bandwidth for the video data stream. The requirements are so high that many enthusiasts consider the bandwidth in the BluRay(40mbps) and HD-DVD(28mbps) to be inadequate to get a &#8220;decent fidelity&#8221; HD video playback. Well this is formally true &#8230; in some cases. In practice we&#8217;ve lived with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/08/near-hd-hd-lite/</link>
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		<title>HD web video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High definition video or HD video as it is known, is digital video with higher resolution than the previous standards (i.e. SD video and DVD). This high resolution is achieved through new video file formats, which allow new codecs, certain performance optimizations (like deblocking) and a lot higher bandwidth(bitrate).
HD resolutions are noted with the number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/hd-web-video/</link>
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		<title>Progressive download &#8211; streaming?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Http streaming or as it is better known &#8211; progressive download,  which has been developed as a marketing term by Macromedia as the &#8220;poor man&#8217;s streaming solution&#8221; for their Flash platform. Progressive download is available from Flash 7 onwards and in essence means a &#8220;play-as-you-download&#8221; method, that works with standard http web servers. The concept [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/progressive-download/</link>
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		<title>True Streaming with a media server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Streaming means the ability to read parts of the content without loading it in whole. In the sense of web, video streaming means the ability to play video without having to download a file first.
Protocol based streaming or as it is called true streaming, uses a specifically designed network protocol to send packets with video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/media-server/</link>
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		<title>Live video broadcasting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A video stream that is being broadcasted in near realtime on the net is called live video broadcast or live video feed. Live video can be broadcasted on the internet through a real time protocol by a streaming media server. Live video broadcasting allows an experience similar to TV or satellite broadcast. Another term for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/live-video-broadcasting/</link>
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		<title>Video on-demand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When video is stored and the played by request it said to be on-demand. The majority of the video on the web today is prerecorded on-demand material. When video is stored it can be regarded as content rather then a broadcast and thus can be categorized an linked in a more complex manner.

On-demand video can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/on-demand-video/</link>
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		<title>Flash Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FlashVideo(FLV) is the video format that Macromedia created for their FlashPlayer rich media browser plugin. Due to the fact that FlashPlayer plugin (now owned by Adobe) has a web presence in excess of 97%. It is safe to say that about every computer that connects to the internet can play video in FlashVideo format.
The file [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/flash-video/</link>
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		<title>Web Video File Formats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[File formats containing video are called video formats. These file formats now in the time of web video are usually container formats. A container format is essentially a sequence of packets containing data like video frames and audio samples. This sequence of packets can be regarded as a stream, thus many of the modern container [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/web-video-file-formats/</link>
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		<title>Content Delivery Network (CDN)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A content delivery network or CDN is a computer network specialized for delivery of specific type of content. This type of networks specialize in content replication on targeted or global basis.
A content delivery network consists of points of access which allow certain content to be served to end users. The main benefit from such a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/content-delivery-network/</link>
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		<title>Streaming Cost Calculator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Streaming costs is a complex calculation and differ for each service provider, depending on their business model. However there are common factors that are taken into account in all cases and you should be aware of these in case you intend to publish video online.

Factor 1: Video Traffic
Traffic in the context of video hosting is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/streaming-cost-calculator/</link>
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		<title>Video Self-hosting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web video can be hosted on a regular web server by using progressive download. This is the do-it-yourself version of web video publishing and is called by some free video hosting. This basic type of video publishing is easy to learn for web designers and is often used by designers that do not have access [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/video-self-hosting/</link>
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		<title>Video Hosting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A web video hosting service allows content owners to upload their video to a specialized network and then use this content into their own website. Another term for video hosting is streaming hosting(or stream hosting) and it is also referred to as business video hosting as opposed to free video hosting.

There are two main types [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/video-hosting/</link>
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		<title>Video Sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video sharing is a service that provides the ability to show your video on the web for the general audience or a targeted one on your website. Video sharing services are free(for the content owner/publisher), as opposed to video hosting services. In a sense video sharing is a synonym for &#8220;free video hosting&#8220;. It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/video-sharing/</link>
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		<title>Streaming Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Streaming is the ability to use content without (down)loading it in whole first. This is very important for web video since a user would usually want to watch the video online instead of downloading it first. When it comes to web video on a technical level streaming is achieved in two main ways:

 Streaming network [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/streaming-video/</link>
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		<title>Web video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web video is any video accessible through the web. Web video is a distinct type of medium. This type of medium is usually related to video that is directly viewed online, on a web page, through an internet browser. It can be live broadcast or on-demand.  In the sense of technology a slightly better term [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://howto-host-video.com/2009/07/web-video/</link>
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