From Andrew Larson Sent Fri, Feb 26th 1999, 01:51
>9-5 Superspy wrote: >> I don't pay squat for peachfuzz right now, and to set up realaudio would >> cost too much. (I know you can get the PC version for fairly inexpensive, >> but peachfuzz.net is an old sparcstation). An MP3 (or more accurately 2 or >> 3 MP3's) would be really easy to post. > >Dan, you're missing the point. > >You don't need to stream the Real Audio file. Just encode it and leave >it for d/l, just like an mp3. That way, the file is smaller and you can >leave in *all* the music so people can hear it, which is why you do a >'music' radio/net show, rather then a 'talk' radio/net show. hmm... last time i checked, the real server software was free for a version that's limited to 60 simultaneous streams (or something similar). of course, you could use "http streaming" w/o setting up a real server at all. or, as brock sez, a direct link to an .ra file would do (downloading rather than live streaming). Andrew xxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx