Intelligent Streaming Video Data over the Web

Delivering video over the Web has posted a big problem. Video files are extremely big and need hours or even tens of hours to download. The available bandwidth varies dynamically. The conventional proactive buffering approach used by current video players cannot fully satisfy user needs. This paper presents a system designed to allow efficient retrieving, browsing and real-time playing of videos through the Internet using a web browser. The scheme is domain-specific.