Sony aws-g500 User Manual

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You can encode the program output into Real Media streaming file format (.rm) 
within this unit, and broadcast it on the network.

Streaming is one of the transmit multimedia data. Video and audio data is sent 
across a network, and may be played in real time.
To carry out live streaming with this unit, the program video and audio is encoded 
in the format used by Real Player, and transmitted.
Encoding takes place on the unit. There are the following two transmission 
methods.

You cannot encode the program output into a format other than Real Media 
streaming file format (.rm). If you want to encode into another format, you need 
to input the program output of this unit into another encoder and encode it.

Using the 
streaming server 
provided by the 
provider 

• The results of encoding are sent from the unit to the streaming 

server provided by the provider, and the viewers access the 
streaming server to view the live content. 

• To some extent you can select such things as the number of 

clients that can view the content and delivery transfer rate 
because it is possible to obtain high network bandwidth, 
depending on your subscription with the provider. 

• There is a cost for use of a streaming server.
• Obtain a subscription with a provider that provides a server that 

supports the RealMedia streaming file format (.rm).  

Using this unit as 
the server 

• The results of encoding are sent to the streaming server in the 

unit, and the viewers access this unit to view the live contents.

• Since viewers directly access this unit, the number of viewing 

clients and the data transfer rates are limited by the network 
linking this unit to the viewers.

• There is no cost for a streaming server.

Provider