Clipstream® Advantages
 Clipstream® is an innovative "instant play" solution for playback of streaming audio and streaming video. Unlike Windows Media Player or Quicktime, there is no player that has to launch for the content to playback. Unlike Flash, multiple Clipstream® objects can play on the same page and the content can be uploaded to any website. Clipstream® uses up to 90% less bandwidth than these three solutions while providing a 98% playback rate, including across devices other than computers. Because there is no special player or server and everything is standards based, Clipstream® content never has to be re-encoded as technologies change
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Clipstream® Solutions
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Clipstream® Advantages
- visitors to a Clipstream® powered website don't have to download and install player software.
It just plays. Other solutions are always downloading codecs and new versions of their player in the background.
- because Clipstream® is playerless, at least 10% more visitors see your rich media content
- Clipstream® playback takes minimal CPU and memory resources, so the viewer's computer is free for other tasks. This means that many Clipstream® objects can appear on the same page. Other solutions restrict to one piece of content per page.
- Player solutions are not safe. They have complete control of your machine and can be used by malicious sites to install malware or even gain control of your computer. Because it is restricted to the safe Java sandbox, Clipstream® content will never crash or compromise your machine.
- other solutions require that you purchase, install and configure complicating streaming server systems, running on dedicated hardware. Clipstream® content is uploaded to any brand of web server and just works.
- Clipstream® plays on any Java enabled device, so playback is not restricted to computers. This cross platform approach means the same object will work for any browser on any brand of computer or device at any bitrate. (An autodetect procedure automatically delivers the highest possible stream quality).
- Because there is no player, Clipstream® encoded media never becomes obsolete and never has to be re-encoded. Content encoded in Clipstream® ten years ago still plays fine today. Other solutions are always launching new player software without backwards compatibility.
- Clipstream® media will automatically cache because it is an ordinary web component, just like a graphic or a block of text. This means that Clipstream will save up to 90% on bandwidth cost (over 90% for ads), while providing much more reliable playback
- This standards based approach means that there is no limit to simultaneous streams. Clipstream® components can be uploaded to the cloud for third party hosting. Player solutions require complicated server farms to handle more than a few thousand simultaneous visitors.
- Clipstream® objects can be embedded into databases for long terms storage and easy context sensitive retrieval. Every aspect of the Clipstream® engine can be accessed by web authoring tools to create a customized look and feel
- Dozens of parameters provide functionality not available from any other streaming solution. For example, Clipstream® provides the only technology available to link every pixel or group of pixels in a banner to a different audio stream. This technology can be used for audio navigation of a website or to provide ads that don't require the visitor to leave the host site to listen to an ad.
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