Variant

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Program content that has been encoded into a particular bit rate, frame size and/or frame rate. streaming technology provides consistent, high-quality viewing in situations where bandwidth may fluctuate, and where viewers may be on a wide range of devices by combining multiple variants into a single package that represents the original content. ABR players switch between variants depending upon the device and available bandwidth, to ensure consistent high-quality playback.

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