Allan-how does streaming audio work, ie., what do I need to receive it? Or, what do I need to receive any of the other scenarios? I am using XP-home, PC, and I bellieve I have REal Player already. Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: Recordings of Will Brinton on the Value of Compost and Sally Fallon on the Dangers of the Food Processing Industry
> Friends - > > I have a couple of recordings by Will and Sally that are of great > interest to this group. Each is about 1 hour long. > > I'd very much like to post them to the webpage so they could be > listened to via streaming technology, most likely QuickTime. > > > Setting up a streaming server with the information I have currently > is going to be more expensive and more hassle than I had ever > dreamed, so I wanted to check with the net use habits of BD Now! > members before I procede. At the bottom of this post I've also asked > for your help and suggestion. Thanks _Allan > > Some questions: > > 1. Can you use QuickTime files from your platform? (Windows, Linux, > Mac, ?) (It is a given you can listen to them from a Mac) Do you have > any objections to QuickTime files? > > 2. Can you use RealPlayer files from your platform? > > 3. Is the feature of being able to listen to a lecture in realtime > via the web worthwhile to you? > > 4. Would you prefer to download portions of a lecture as mp3s and > listen to them off-line? (If this is the case, how large would you > like to have the files? 1 hour of audio is running about 50mb) > > YOUR HELP NEEDED > > I vote for streaming the lectures. I think it is a lot less time > consuming for the listener and I think it is an elegant solution. If > many people do not want to tie up their computers while they listen > to a lecture or do not have an appropriate bandwidth for realtime, I > am open to 'serving' the files both ways: realtime AND chunked for > download. > > What I need from list members is: > > Do you have the technological background to advise me on how to set > these files up? > > Do you know an ISP or organization that may host these files for us? > > This is urgent, folks, because the season is just getting underway > here. When my 'help' arrives in about 10 days, I won't have time to > do things like this until November. > > Contact me through the list or off-line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > THANKS!!! > >
