| 摘要 |
A distributed webcasting system and method for allowing anyone to easily produce a program and broadcast it over Internet in real time are provided. For existing webcast, expensive broadcasting equipment is necessary, and software for webcasting should be installed in a broadcasting computer. However, the present invention does not require installation of special software. According to the present invention, video, audio or text data can be captured and broadcasted by executing a producer client performed in a web environment using a technique such as ActiveX. Not only video date generated through a web camera can be broadcasted but also moving picture data and still picture data stored in a computer can be captured and broadcasted. In addition, as well as audio data generated through a microphone, audio data reproduced by an audio reproduction application can be broadcasted. In other words, the voice of a producer client can be directly broadcasted, or a music file executed at the producer client's computer can be broadcasted. A producer client can broadcast through a network with small upstream since the producer client and a web server can be independently located. |
