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Live streaming You can stream Adobe® Visual Communicator® 3 shows over the Internet or your intranet. Understanding streaming basics "About streaming" on page 139 About streaming There are many ways to stream or broadcast media over the web. For Visual Communicator, you should understand the basics of push and pull streaming. ■ Pull streaming: The server initiates the connection with your computer. If your computer has a good security setup, it can block pull streaming. ■ Port-to-port streaming: A type of pull streaming, connects the computer that's the source of the video with other computers on an office or home network without having a server in the middle. Because all of the computers are on the same side of the firewall, port-toport streaming is not subject to the same security concerns. ■ Push streaming: A computer initiates the connection with a server. This method is generally easier to manage than pull streaming, and is preferred in most cases. To help you configure your computer and server settings quickly, use the preconfigured profile files (.smp), which contain streaming configuration parameters for a variety of bandwidths in Windows Media and RealPlayer formats. Select the profile that most closely matches your streaming environment and audience, then enter the server settings that you obtained from your streaming service provider or network administrator. After you load an SMP file and configure specifics about your streaming server, you can save it as a customized profile. See also "Select a server profile" on page 142

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Live streaming
You can stream Adobe® Visual Communicator® 3 shows over the Internet or your intranet.
Understanding streaming basics
“About streaming” on page 139
About streaming
There are many ways to stream or broadcast media over the web. For Visual Communicator,
you should understand the basics of push and pull streaming.
■
Pull streaming: The server initiates the connection with your computer. If your computer
has a good security setup, it can block pull streaming.
■
Port-to-port streaming: A type of pull streaming, connects the computer that’s the source
of the video with other computers on an office or home network without having a server
in the middle. Because all of the computers are on the same side of the firewall, port-to-
port streaming is not subject to the same security concerns.
■
Push streaming: A computer initiates the connection with a server. This method is
generally easier to manage than pull streaming, and is preferred in most cases.
To help you configure your computer and server settings quickly, use the preconfigured
profile files (.smp), which contain streaming configuration parameters for a variety of
bandwidths in Windows Media and RealPlayer formats. Select the profile that most closely
matches your streaming environment and audience, then enter the server settings that you
obtained from your streaming service provider or network administrator.
After you load an SMP file and configure specifics about your streaming server, you can save
it as a customized profile.
See also
“Select a server profile” on page 142