i apologize for the seemingly un-listy-nature of this article, but if you
think about technology as a tool to free us from the constraints of the
music biz, then you might find it more relevant. i personally have dreams
of when i can check out the best in cutting edge idm over the net...
At 1:38 AM -0700 8/6/96, Eric Frans wrote:
quoted 3 lines Streamworks definitely has better quality when there is quality. There
>Streamworks definitely has better quality when there is quality. There
>seems to be a _lot_ more drop-outs when using Streamworks IMO compared to
>Real Audio. Is the Streamworks encoder free?
streamworks uses MPEG, which is an open and well-documented standard.
there are numerous shareware and freeware mpeg encoders for various
platforms out there. on my sounds page
(
http://www.cyborganic.com/people/jsd/sounds) i have a link to a good suite
of tools for the power macintosh.
the only problem with mpeg is that you need a fast CPU to decode at full
quality in real time. a pentium or power pc can handle it, no sweat. but
a 486 or 68040 might not be able to get to full 44.1/16bit/stereo levels.
one of the other great things about streamworks is that it will scale back
its streams automatically in order to work best at whatever line speed it
sees.
quoted 2 lines I would check out your music but I have only a 14.4 modem. Any chance for
>I would check out your music but I have only a 14.4 modem. Any chance for
>you to add that format as well?
i can do it but i'm not going to. just download the .ra file in its
entirety and play it back off your hard disk
(
http://www.cyborganic.com/people/jsd/sounds/nosmoking.ra) (it's 750K)
i realize this defeats the streaming nature of realaudio but it already
sounds bad enough at 28.8. the 14.4 version is practically unlistenable.
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