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How Video and Game Streaming Works
by John Smith LearnerStreaming videos and games is a top-down process. It means
sending and receiving packets of data in a continuous flow over a network.
It starts by taking larger content data and breaking them into smaller data
packets. These data packets get sent to your browser, which detects the form of
content (in this case, videos and games). After enough data packets have been
loaded, you can start watching or playing the game as the rest of the data
loads simultaneously.
In videos, upcoming data packets form its buffer, which is
a kind of queue. Companies that stream videos need to have massive amounts of
server or cloud storage. Companies like Netflix use location-specific caches
within content delivery networks, while Amazon uses its patented AWS cloud to
distribute content. Either way, due to the popularity of this form of media,
there needs to be reliable storage so that content can be distributed to a
multitude of locations. Video streaming requires a fast internet connection.
Streaming video games is an innovation that goes all the
way to games like Starcraft and World of Warcraft. Game streaming is quite
similar to video streaming. It saves what would otherwise be heavy processing
demands on your computer to a company's gaming server. Basically, in streaming
a game, you are sending data over to a more powerful computer. High-speed
internet is even more crucial for game streaming, as the number of people
actively manipulating game content is more dynamic than the simple breaking-down
of data as in videos.
Big companies like Apple and Google have their own
streaming platforms which contain major innovations. Apple has developed on-demand streaming technology
which contains the game's core functionality in a download and distributes data
as users need it. Google Stadia simply requires a browser to stream games.
As cloud storage becomes more and more prevalent as a way
to store and distribute increasingly complex data across multiple media
platforms, companies are cropping up as service providers to host this data. A cloud OBS server presents an
opportunity to store such massive data. IRL media need systems that are not
only reliable but customizable. In addition, as mobile technologies become
vastly more complex by the day, efficient cloud OBS servers become increasingly
relevant and necessary. Events such as hackathons or group gaming sessions can
benefit from such efficiency.
Video and game streaming are rapidly evolving phenomena.
Good cloud storage guarantees that IRL media for Twitch, the largest game
streaming service in the world, are adaptably able to cope with the demands of
increasingly complex games. Being a subsidiary of Amazon, Twitch's models of
cloud storage are as robust as those of Amazon. Good cloud OBS servers ensure
maximum IRL functionality.
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