At 5:03 PM -0700 8/5/96, Eric Frans wrote:
quoted 10 lines Well I'm assuming g3 means keep the Real Audio installed. If that's what
>Well I'm assuming g3 means keep the Real Audio installed. If that's what
>he means then I agree with him. Don't let postponed Real Audio events
>keep you from enjoying other sites that have things up and running. Real
>Audio allows you to listen to entire songs, concerts, interviews, etc.
>The sound quality is a little "grainy" at times and there is the
>occasional drop-out, but these drawbacks are definitely offset by all the
>bonuses - no more annoying short sound bites, you can check out other
>sites while you listen to audio from another site, the audio can be set to
>be "streaming" so you don't have to wait forever for the music to
>download, etc.
i really hate realaudio.
1) it sounds like garbage.
2) the compression technology is proprietary.
streamworks totally wipes it from a technical/sound quality perspective.
however, xing's marketing department is pathetic. hence realaudio, like
microsoft and vhs, reigns supreme. *sigh*
with all that said, check out:
http://www.cyborganic.com/people/jsd/sounds/nosmoking.ram
for my latest piece of drum 'n' bass kittens, rendered in grainy 28.8
realaudio. :)
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