Streaming Audio Question

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Hello,

I have a new web site, which has a ton of demo samples of my playing, arranging, composing...

I have a question...

The situation:

I have recently incorporated streaming audio to some of the demo samples on the site which seems to hang up in the buffer every 30 seconds or so...

Most of the other samples are temporary download mp3s, which take 3-4 minutes on DSL and who knows how long on a standard modem.

The question:

What can I do to prevent this buffer problem, or speed up download time without degrading quality?

...or:

What would be preferrable or lesser of two evils...the buffer or the waiting to download time?

www.scottjonesmusic.com

Thanks,

Scott Jones
 
MP3 is are not really a streaming audio format.Certainly not for dialup modems!.wma and .asf are two microsoft formats that every windows media player will stream (go to microsoft's download area for free Windows Media Authoring Tools).
Real Audio was the original streamer,but you need (I believe) a Real player to handle their proprietary format.I also believe they charge for the authoring software.
If you get the authoring software,setting the bit rate so that it will stream is the key.Read the .doc and you will do fine.

Tom
 
streaming...

Tom,

I believe my webmaster does convert the files from mp3 to a streaming format.

I do have the real player required...

I'll give him the info, though, as there may be some other bug he's not considering.

Thanks,

Scott

www.scottjonesmusic.com
 
Its all a question of bit rate.Given DSL,cable modem etc, even MP3s WILL stream.But I figure most folks are still using dialup,so it makes sense to offer folks a streaming alternative.Fidelity is the trade off for speed.Lots don't want to wait for a download to check the music out.I bet your mouse- finger gets itchy sometimes as well on a ssssssslow download.

Tom
 
You can encode mp3 for various different bit rates. So is a low bit rate wma or real audio file easier to stream than a low bit rate mp3. Why not use mp3 for everything?
 
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