Top 5 media player for playing streaming video |
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Perhaps the advent of "streaming" video is the most important innovation in Web video. Instead of just downloading a huge video file, or having the Web server dump the video data over the network, the streaming approach takes a more intelligent and cooperative approach.
With streaming video, your client browser and the Web server communicate with each other to transfer the video data that you want, when you want it,as best fits within your current Internet connection.
However, what should we do to play and watch the streaming video? We need to some players. Toady we list top 5 streaming video players.
1. VLC Media Player for MAC
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
2. Apple Quick Time
QuickTime is a family of digital media software for creation, delivery and playback software lets you deliver live or pre-recorded video and audio to an audience of any size.
3. Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player for Mac has been designed specifically for the Macintosh platform. The release sports a new, easy-to-use design and enables users to directly access the best content on WindowsMedia.com.
4. Free Mac FLV Player
As a smart Flash video player, Sothink Free FLV Player for Mac is totally free for users to play FLV on Mac OS. The free flv player can play all flv videos, including those encoded by Screen Video,...
5. mplayer
mplayer is simply the mplayer binary wrapped inside a Mac OS X application bundle, allowing for drag and drop, file association and opening video files directly from the Finder.
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VLC Media Player for MAC
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats |
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Free Mac FLV Player
As a smart Flash video player, Sothink Free FLV Player for Mac is totally free for users to play FLV on Mac OS. The free flv player can play all flv videos, including those encoded by Screen Video, Sorenson H.263 and H.264, on2 vp6, etc. |
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Apple QuickTime
QuickTime is a family of digital media software for creation, delivery and playback software lets you deliver live or pre-recorded video and audio to an audience of any size. |
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Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player for Mac has been designed specifically for the Macintosh platform. |
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mplayer
mplayer An useful player that allows you to drag and drop, associate and open video files |
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