Hi Techno People

I hope someboody finds this useful!

Basically the very best method of streaming is to use the native windows media technologies..or for Mac Quicktime. The reason i say the best is because mp3 streaming does not have native error correction - so clients listening could & often do get breaks in the audio/video stream.

First get the free encoder here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...ad/default.asp download windows media encoder 9
or for Mac
www.quicktime.com incidently both work on each others system

Follow the pretty simple instructions or use the wizard to create an encoding session profile which stores bitrates, output location etc., & Mix Details. Eg Name of mix, copyright, website link etc.
You can modify the settings afterwards to suit your target audience! Once The wizard finishes you are ready to encode!

Here are guidelines for audio encoding that produce very fair results for the novice encoder.

Choose a bitrate that your target audience can listen to - so for a 56k dialup connection, a bitrate of 32k will allow a decent sounding constant feed for modem dialups & will allow for overheads, (network congestion, surfing, icq, yahoo, email) for a broadband connection, use a bitrate of 64 kb at 44khz - sounds great - close to cd quality!!!

All these settings can be tweaked to suit network conditions & targets

Then upload the encoded files to your webspace - if you are like me & host your own servers, use Windows 2000 server or 2003 & make publishing points .. & distribute. This will allow for fast forwarding & rewinding in almost realtime - depending on connection!!

Also then you could impliment LIVE shows (like I have been for over 4 years now)

To see the technologies in action visit www.calrek.com or www.oorpi.com

I'm a professional in the Streaming Multimedia industry - so if anybody need help - email me or private message me & i will endevour to help ;-)

I can make tutorials with images if required in a PDF format

If need be I can setup servers remotely if this is what you need!
Please remember - I'm here to help!! NOT preach!!


Kind Regards

calrek