[Fmpro] Streaming media

[Tracey Larvenz]

True, although there's plenty of software (and even webpages)  
available to save the stream for later viewing.  This is a huge problem.

Tracey Larvenz
www.melodiousthunk.net



On Sep 21, 2007, at 4:18 PM, JJB wrote:

> Streaming is broadcasting. Downloads are delivered product, like  
> selling
> a DVD or VHS tape. Streams can be captured in some cases with software
> and saved as a download, but that is not the intent of the  
> broadcaster,
> any more than broadcasters intend for anyone to tape their shows.
>
> In technical reality, there isn't much difference except for the
> playback mechanism for a stream is usually not designed to save the
> stream to a file.
>
>   - Joel
>
>
> Jim Chase wrote:
>> Les,
>> "I had been led to believe a stream was a broadcast which was also
>> 'delivered' at the exact same time as the broadcast but in the
>> digital medium?  If not, what is a stream?"
>>
>>      *Streaming media* refers to a method of delivery that plays the
>> media while it is being sent, rather than from a completed download.
>>
>>      The concept of streaming has been around since the seventies,
>> but it didn't really catch on until the advent of greater bandwidth,
>> and improved codecs.   Now streaming just makes it easier for
>> broadcasters to screw the little guy out of his money, and thousands
>> of times faster!
>>
>>      Wasn't that long ago when one would spend hours  downloading a
>> three minute audio clip.  ... which would be 8 bit mono, at 11k
>> sample rate!  Remember the "good ol' days"?  I do. ;-)
>>
>> Jim
>>
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