SHOUTcast TV streaming in Winamp 5.2 Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) is a media container designed for streaming video content over the internet. NSV was developed by Nullsoft, the makers of Winamp. Image File history File links Nsv. ...
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A container format is a computer file format that can contain various types of data, compressed by means of standardized codecs. ...
Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ...
Nullsoft is a software house founded in 1997 by Justin Frankel. ...
Winamp is a proprietary media player written by Nullsoft, a subsidiary of Time Warner. ...
The NSV format is another example of streaming video formats, offered by various companies and media players. Windows Media, QuickTime video, RealAudio and RealVideo streams are just a few examples of these, and each have their benefits and shortcomings. Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. ...
QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. ...
RealAudio is a proprietary audio format developed by RealNetworks. ...
RealVideo is a proprietary video format developed by RealNetworks. ...
One of the shortfalls of most streaming formats often comes from the difficulty in finding streams, or at least some form of directory service; and in some cases, none are readily available to the public at all.
With Nullsoft's SHOUTcast service, a media streaming and directory system, the NSV format has become very popular, along with SHOUTcast's enormous listings of Streaming Audio, which reach well into the thousands. SHOUTcast is a multiplatform freeware audio streaming technology, developed by Nullsoft. ...
With Winamp version 5, came the convenient "Media Library", which offers integrated listings of both audio and video streams, returned directly from the SHOUTcast service. There was also a Library in Winamp 2.9x and 3, but came under a different name, "Library".
NSV streaming started in early 2003, but the real explosion came with the introduction of Winamp 5. (NSV is now an open format, [no longer proprietary], as well.)
History NSV was created in late 2002/early 2003 by Justin Frankel while working at Nullsoft. Originally designed as a demonstration of the potential that newly developed streaming technology Ultravox could offer, it has since become an accepted format for AOL streaming media, with many promotional videos available on both Winamp.com and the AOL website. Justin Frankel is an American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application and for inventing the Gnutella peer-to-peer system. ...
Nullsoft is a software house founded in 1997 by Justin Frankel. ...
Ultravox, identified by the server as Ultravox Media On Demand Server (UltraMODS), is a streaming video project by AOL. The goal is to create something like Shoutcast but for routers, so that the data is handled much better, and can handle more users. ...
Players Current media players that support the Nullsoft Video format are: Winamp is a proprietary media player written by Nullsoft, a subsidiary of Time Warner. ...
This article is about the open source media player. ...
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VLC media player is a free software (GPL) media player by the VideoLAN project. ...
RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. ...
The KMPlayer (not to be confused with KMPlayer) is a video and audio player for Windows which can play a large number of formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. ...
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