Real video and audio available on the Net

I am a big fan of RealAudio technology on the Internet and have pretty much used it every since it first became available. I recently heard that a company has invented a new technology that does something similar but with live video. Have you heard anything about this? Simon Mak Kowloon Bay.

Just what we need - something new to chew up precious bandwidth on the Net.

Seriously, though, yes, this technology is out there. VDOnet Corp of California has created VDOLive, a new technology, to transmit video and audio over the Internet or any other TCP/IP network.

VDOLive software uses client-server architecture, the client being the VDOLive Player and the server being the VDOLive Server.

The VDOLive Player is software which enables users to receive and view video clips: it is the client end of the system. VDOLive Server is software that runs on the server, enabling 'netcasting' (sending or transmitting) video over the Net.

The VDOLive Player is a 'helper application' (external to your Web browser) compatible with several different Web browsers. The VDOLive Plug-In is a unique add-on component which, while using Netscape 2.0, allows VDOLive video to run as an integral part of a Web (HTML) document.

Running the VDOLive Player requires: a 486 DX2 66 MHz or above, running MS Windows 3.1x with MS Video for Windows installed (you can download Video for Windows from the Microsoft Web site) or Windows 95 (Windows 95 has Video for Windows) built in.