Compression for Quicktime...?

Hello All,
I have been following a bunch of courses on Lynda.com and am truly impressed with the video quality of these courses, and how nicely they download, or should I say stream.
Perhaps this question isn't entirely related to compressor, but I was wondering if somebody could give me some insight as to how they achieve those results, and how they deliver it via the net.
Thanks

If these videos that you are viewing are truly streaming not progressive download. You need to have a streaming server to place the video on, $$$. And you need to prepare the videos for streaming: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/tutorials.html
Your right streaming videos can't be downloaded. The only way to capture these videos is to use a screen capture program like Snapz Pro X: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

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