Streaming media is media format to broadcast on the internet using stream transmission mode. It is also called Streaming Type Media. It indicates that businesses use a video server to send programs that are taken as data packet to network. User can unzip the data by unzipped device, and then the programs will display as they begin.  

It appears for streaming Media to improve people’s lives and work. At the other end of the earth, there is a professor to be teaching a lesson that is your favorite one in the classroom of a college, want to listen? It is so far! Give up? It is so pity! Never mind, Internet Era can meet your wishes. You can find online course on the internet. Although this course is long, never mind. To click Play, the professor that is teaching will appear on the screen, and the course can be played at the same time also be downloaded. Although it is so far, just like face to face! Streaming media is widely used in VOD, webcaster, network video and so on except distance education. 

Streaming Media is also called the streaming type media, which is the media either broadcasting or transmitting, and is also one of multi-media. Broadcasting and transmission indicate that media provider transmits media on the internet while customer receives continuously and watch/listen the transmitted media. The streaming of streaming media is the transmission mode of media (streaming mode) rather than the media itself. 

With the development and popularization of internet, it provides powerful market dynamics and technology platform for business development of streaming media. Streaming media business is being perfected, and is widely applied in news publishing, securities, entertainment, distance education, tele-medicine, video conference, and security monitoring and so on. Its application brings revolutionary changes for network information communication. Dalian GigaTec designs and develops X-Stream streaming media signal processing platform and the corresponding encoding and decoding modules in order to meet the demands of applications of market and customers. 

X-Stream media signal processing platform supports 1RU and 2RU platforms. It uses modular design, and a front and rear plug-in design. User is available the platforms and modules according to the actual needs to realize functions. The platform is equipped with reliable power system, control system and cooling system, which provides safe, reliable environment for function modules.