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At first glance, the usability issues related to streaming video or audio over the Internet seem minor The user simply clicks on a link, a multimedia viewer opens automatically, some buffering occurs, and the show begins Furthermore, the system is easy to manipulate and easy to learn, as most people are already familiar with similar controls on VCRs, CD players, and tape recorders. However, unlike these other methods for delivering multimedia content, multimedia Internet broadcasting (MIB) has the added dimension of variable bandwidth to contend with. Currently, bandwidth is limited over the Internet. In the future this may be less of a concern [1], but it will be some time before everyone has unlimited access to enough bandwidth to stream the highest quality video (i.e., sufficient to operate a large, high definition screen). However, in the near future people should be able to make bandwidth choices through quality of service (QoS) contracts that will allow viewers to reserve a particular level of bandwidth, in exchange for a fee [2–4].
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West, R.L., Boring, R.L., Dillon, R.F., Bos, J. (2001). Human-Computer Interaction, Quality of Service, and Multimedia Internet Broadcasting. In: Sloane, A., Lawrence, D. (eds) Multimedia Internet Broadcasting. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0327-1_1
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