HTTP streaming

HTML - HTTP

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HTML:
Hyper-Text Markup Language.

HTTP:
Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol. This is the instruction set used to transfer web content (HTML and images) normally on port 80. HTTP was not engineered for streaming although it is sometimes used as a failover to get around firewall's which would otherwise prevent users viewing streaming media. The resulting output is not always as good as streaming via MMS or RTSP especially for live events with lots of concurrent connections.

HTTP Streaming

Streaming over HTTP is not as good as using the protocols which
were specifically engineered for this purpose, however it does have
the advantage of getting around many firewall issues.