Re: real audio for free

[Wayne Carter <wcarter@mva.net>]

>----Original Message-----
>From: Ken VanTassell <kenvt@geocities.com>
>To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
><boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 11:53 PM
>Subject: real audio for free
>
>
>>There is a very low cost simple solution! The Real Audio Encoder is
>>free...you can make real audio files that are very small. The listener
>would
>>have to download the whole file, and then play it on their realplayer. It's
>>the streaming server that costs the big  bucks, it costs nothing to make
>and
>>post the files.
>>
>>Ken VanTassell
>
>Let's assume the show is 30 minutes (I don't know; never heard it).
>Assuming most of us have 28.8kbps modems, it might take 30 minutes to
>download that file!  I'm on  a cable system, and it woukld take many minutes
>even with my cable modem.
>
>:) shel

	Actually that would depend on the audio quality at which you were saving the show. Talk doesn't require the huge frequency requirements of music, and would be a much smaller file, and choosing a smaller bit rate could also reduce the size of the file.
	Interesting idea.... JJ might have some insight as he works, or did work,  with a streaming ISP.



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