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ABOUT SITE STREAMING:
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What a streaming site is?
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What a streaming site looks like?
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Who will listen to my streaming site?
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DISCOVERING NEW STREAMING SITES ON THE INTERNET:
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How can I find a streaming site on the Internet?
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What am I offered when I visit a streaming site?
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Why should I visit a streaming site?
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CREATING YOUR OWN STREAMING SITE:
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Do I need to know Streaming-Media to create a streaming site?
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What if I'm a Streaming-Media guru?
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What things should I condider when designing a
streaming site?
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Can I make changes to a streaming site?
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What streaming-media clips are?
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What else should I know about streaming-media?
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USING STREAMING SITES FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES:
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Can I use a streaming site as an advertising tool?
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Can I network with other streaming sites?
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I am an artist. Will a streaming site count toward my credits?
ABOUT STREAMING SITES:
1. WHAT A STREAMING SITE IS?
A streaming site is an exciting web site, which gives you the ability to incorporate and feature your
favorite, or your own streaming media clips. You can add as many presentations to your site as you
like.
Remember! Only pictures, graphics and animated ' gif '-s, if any at all, do not
convince your visitors of your offerings. A mini-Radio/TV Site helps you instantly
demonstrate a product, broadcast a convincing speech, show certain video clips or corporate
productions. Streaming media clips is what you need on your Web Site.
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2. WHAT A STREAMING SITE LOOKS LIKE?
Streaming sites are completely personalized web pages. One's possibilities to create a streaming sites
are endless. No rules apply in creating a streaming site. You can create a streaming site that looks like:
www.mdicanada.net.
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3. WHO WILL LISTEN TO MY STREAMING SITE?
Your site can be discovered, accessed and heard by anyone on the Internet. If you will assign style
and diversity to your site, thousands of Internet surfers with common interests shall discover
your site.
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DISCOVERING NEW STREAMING SITES ON THE INTERNET:
4. HOW CAN I FIND A STREAMING SITE ON THE INTERNET?
One way, is to browse a directory such as the
virtual tunner,
which indexes thousands of sites by demographic areas and categories. You can also simply
search for audio streaming or video streaming. Also, tens of thousands of notable
music sites are regularly featured by mp3.com.
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5. WHAT AM I OFFERED WHEN I VISIT A STREAMING SITE?
You can listen to or download individual presentations, songs, etc. Or, you can simply sit back and enjoy
a continuous stream by clicking the built-in radio feature in each site you visit. Some sites invite you to
click on the artists' name to access more music and information about the artists.
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WHY SHOULD I VISIT A STREAMING SITE?
Streaming sites are created by people from all over the world. They provide and feature an added
layer of personalized community opinions. Getting to know them, means an open door toward foreign
cultures.
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CREATING YOUR OWN STREAMING SITE:
7. DO I NEED TO KNOW STREAMING-MEDIA TO CREATE A STREAMING SITE?
No! All you need to know is some basic HTML for the layout of your site. If you cannot create the
RealAudio/Video files yourself, we'll do it for you. Send us your tapes, CDs, home videos, photographs,
corporate presentations, training tapes, sales meetings, radio/TV commercials, classroom lectures.
We convert all kinds of media formats into RealMedia.
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8. WHAT IF I'M A STREAMING-MEDIA GURU?
Congratulations! We accept files created by Streaming-Media professionals and are open for
co-operation.
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9. WHAT THINGS SHOULD I CONDIDER WHEN DESIGNING A
STREAMING SITE?
When designing a realmedia site, you should consider, among other things, the
auto open file, a 10 sec. full sing of your site's name and position and your site
theme music. Also, do not forget the music loops for your flash presentations.
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10. CAN I MAKE CHANGES TO A STREAMING SITE?
Yes. After you have created a streaming site, you can go back and make changes. You can add or
delete as many streaming-media clips as you want.
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11. WHAT STREAMING-MEDIA CLIPS ARE?
Streaming-media clips, also known as RealAudio and RealVideo, are streaming
audio and video presentations. Prior to RealMedia, we had to wait forever for a media file to download
in order to play it. Streaming media clips are played almost instantly. Video clips can be
played at a 30 frame rate per second, or at a lower rate.
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12. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT STREAMING-MEDIA?
There are many things you should know about streaming-media such as, what streaming a clip
means, what can be used to stream a clip, how a connection speed works when it comes to
streaming a clip, and so forth. The following will give you a better understanding as to what you must
have in mind when you design a streaming site:
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Streaming a clip, means sending small packets of information over a connection. On the other
end, the user receives the information and plays the media clip bit by bit. The process is almost
invisible to the user, except for a small amount of buffering.
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Any Internet Server (IP - Internet Provider) can be used to stream audio and video clips, saved
and stored as files. Live content can be streamed only using a RealServer.
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A RealMedia file or RealMedia broadcast content, must be created with the connection
speed of the audience in mind. The maximum bandwidth a connection is capable of is greater than the
average bandwidth carried across it. Thus, 28 Kbps connections only use about 20 Kbps. A 56 Kbps
connection uses approximately 34 Kbps.
You can reach the widest possible audience, and provide all users with the best listening and viewing
experience, optimized for their bandwidth, be it 28 kbps, 56 kbps, 100 kbps, 200 kbps, or higher, using
SureStream. SureStream helps you create a single RealMedia clip for multiple target
audiences, a clip that will automatically switch to a lower bandwidth during poor network conditions, or
a clip that will be compatible with older versions of RealPlayer the audience may be using.
Here are some common bitrates for various end users: 28k modem - 20 kbps, 56k modem - 34 kbps,
single ISDN - 45 kbps, dual ISDN - 80, xDSL/Cable modem - 220 kbps. Do not forget! The initial
buffering of a clip is dependable on the end user's bandwidth.
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USING STREAMING SITES FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES:
13. CAN I USE A STREAMING SITE AS AN ADVERTISING TOOL?
Yes! Streaming sites are a great advertising tool, especially if you are an agent, promoter, artist or
critic. You have total freedom to launch a product, or to add your artwork, bios, logos, etc. You can
also encourage your friends and partners to create their own streaming sites.
Streaming sites may have several built-in features that encourage sharing among audiences.
Building a viral exposure, such features include "email station creator," "email station
to a friend," "email a music greeting" or "buy an audio cd."
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14. CAN I NETWORK WITH OTHER STREAMING SITES?
Yes. If you have a particular presentation you would like featured on another streaming site, you can
contact its creator, and he can set up a link to your particular presentation.
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15. I AM AN ARTIST. WILL A STREAMING SITE COUNT TOWARD MY CREDITS?
Yes. Wether it's your own site, or if your demos or completed work were incorporated in someone
else's site, the exposure of your work will count toward your credits. This includes Lo Fi and Hi Fi Play,
Lo Fi and Hi Fi Radio, Hi Fi Downloads, Greeting E-mails, I-drive Saves, D.A.M. CD Sales and Lyric
Pageviews.
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