Injecting media into streaming presentations

Hi all,

I'm very new to SMIL and was curious about something. Currently, if someone
wants to show a powerpoint slide during a  live streaming presentation, the
camera has to zoom onto the projection screen. Somehow going from computer
to projector to screen to camera to live stream, it loses some of the
clarity. Does SMIL allow for a user to "inject" a powerpoint slide (GIF or
JPG) into the presentation? How about live updated text? (Kind of like when
TV does a "breaking news" stream across a currently broadcasting program.)

On a slightly unrelated note, does anyone know if the RealNetworks G2
System will be able to take MPEG video files and encode them? How about the
possibilities of encoding them on the fly while streaming them? (Previously
encoded files)

Please be in touch.

Thanks.
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Received on Friday, 17 July 1998 13:05:53 UTC