Sverre H. Huseby
Abstract
This report discusses inclusion of various kinds of video in browser programs for the World Wide Web. It contains description of video representation formats, video transfer on the Internet in general, and mechanisms for extending Web browsers to support initially unknown media types.A plug-in for Netscape Navigator, capable of displaying inline MPEG movies, is implemented, along with a Java applet for displaying live video captured from a camera connected to a remote computer. The plug-in and the applet show that making video available from Web browsers is indeed possible, and not considerably harder than making a stand-alone video handling program.