mp3 hosts

[dobro]

I gather that idrive, xdrive, juston and free drive are no good.

How does mp3.com compare? They boast about all the hits their site gets, but that just sounds to me like a huge possibility of never getting your stuff noticed. I like the 'pay for play' thing - I would enjoy joining that elite group of recordistas who have '$5.48 in payback earnings' posted on their page.

I checked out out Lycos, but you have to agree to letting your stuff be used for promotional material. Is that good news or worrying?

Pglewis, in a current thread, talks about paying for a reliable host for his stuff. What's that about? I pay my service provider, and get 2MB of homepage space in return. Big deal. Are there specialized homepage sites that offer a warehouse of space if you pay?

I tried a search on this, but it was unresponsive. Maybe I should have tried soft music and a candlelight dinner first.

 

[drstawl]

The two major disadvantages to mp3.com are the wait for their approval and the 128 Kbps limitation on encoding rate.
Other than that, they're generally more reliable than any of the file sharing services you mentioned and they kick down the files with gusto! If you're just using it for some squatting space for your Megabytes, then who cares about the "lost in the crowd" feeling so long as your're not so stoned you forget your username?
Anybody know about limitations on space there?
Do they have any?
I've seen some (mp3.com) sites with a really long list of stuff available for download.
The possible downside of the payback earnings deal is getting to see in bold print that you have none....

 

[dobro]

Didn't know about ceilings on encoding rate. What's the encoding rate upper limit at Lycos, for example?

 

[Cooperman]

I just uploaded a song to Lycos encoded at 160kbps ... I don't recall seeing anywhere there was an encoding rate limit.. but there may be I don't know.