

Streaming
e-cast offers all the services necessary to display your video as View-On-Demand and Download On-Demand over the Internet using Flash codecs in a range of resolutions:
| Dial-up | 56 kbps | Very Low Quality |
| Low Quality | 128 kbps | Low Quality |
| Medium Quality | 256 kbps | Lower than VHS |
| Good Quality | 512 kbps | Comparable to VHS |
| High Quality | 768 kbps | Comparable with Broadcast TV |
| Very High Quality | 1024 kbps | Comparable to DVD |
Comparison Test
Streaming Video is the best solution when:
- The video clips are more than a few minutes long
- The viewer wants to skip ahead in a video, or begin playback somewhere else
- The video file is not wanted to be copied or stored on the users computer
Progressive Download is the best when:
- The video clips are short
- A delay in viewing is acceptable
- The speed of users Internet connection is not consistent
- Security or copyright on video is not a problem
Download-on-Demand delivers the highest possible quality video.
- The speed of your Internet connection affects how long it will take you to receive the video, which is then stored on your hard drive
Hosting
e-cast hosts video files on our servers to display seamlessly through a link to your own website, removing the heavy bandwidth demands of video distribution from your site. Viewers will be completely unaware that the video is coming from any other source. e-cast can accommodate up to 2,000 simultaneous viewers.
e-cast distributes video through a combination of three options selected to meet your needs:
- "Live" link to a streaming page
- "View-on-Demand" streaming file
- "Download" video file
Both plans are based on the:
- Encoding bit-rate of the video
- Duration of the video in minutes
- Total number of minutes hosted
Storage and Archiving
e-cast can provide long term electronic storage of your streaming files and 'master' DV format videos.
Click here to read the article "How to Shop for Video Hosting" from Streamingmedia.com