Sorry Mark - I was trying to keep it simple ..

That link is for all windows technologies - The Link points to the Website called windows Download Center. All you have to do is choose encoder from the menu. If you click on mediaplayer it will open a dropdown menu.

Select media encoder from the list. Then select windows encoder 9 series

here is the Direct link to that page http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx

Its for the win 2k /xp version for english edition.

You actually don't NEED the latest mediaplayer.
The codecs(CODER/DECODER) automatically get downloaded when yu visit a site that uses mp9 technologies. Personaly I think that its better if you do have the latest Mediaplayer. Here is the direct link that for mediaplayer 9 codecs http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...cdownload.aspx

With regard to sound forge - you can save as wma windows media 8 extension. That also rocks.. very good for streaming.
I use Soundforge everyday - It Rocks!

WMA extension - windows media audio
WMV extension - windows media video
ASX - xml based text file

This is a false link but this is how you point to the encoded file

http://www.oorpi.com/your_folder/your_filename.wma

or you can use an asx file to point to the file. This has an advantage as you can add all sorts of funky things to the stream.

For E.G you can add a link rollover so if yur link fails in the first instance it will rollover to the next url in the list + many more benifits.
Maybe you want an advert? You can add that in so it plays b4 the stream!

The asx file contains details like below - you would type this in notepad & save as yourname.asx

This is a USABLE TEMPLATE - just change the path to your file!

<ASX version = "3.0">
<Entry>
<Ref href = "http://www.oorpi.com/your_folder/your_filename.wma" />
</Entry>
</ASX>

You would upload the asx file to your webspace & call it as normal
Like http://www.oorpi.com/your_folder/mymix.asx


I realise that this method may seem complicated & that this is not for the general artist - but if you are serious about Content Distribution & want the best streaming - THIS is the way ahead ;-)

Sure mp3 can be easier to create - but after using this technology I dont use mp3

Also - MP3 is on the way out! there are much much better compression algorithms coming out now that suppass the mp3 format which is over 10 years old!

Like all new things, this may seem complicated at first, but after 2 or 3 uses, It so EASY!

Like i said originally - I am here to help! ;-)

Kind Regards

calrek