[thelist] radio ad

Hi Niklaus,

There are 3 major audio formats on the web that will do what you are
seeking; each has its advantages and disadvantages.

MP3 -	Benefits - Offers high quality, highly compressed audio. Software is
cheap or free.  
	Drawbacks - End user needs an mp3 player to listen. MP3 popularity
is spreading like wildfire, so more and more users have players, but it is
not supported natively in browsers prior to 5.x
	Software - 	Winamp to Listen (http://www.winamp.com)
			MusicMatch to record (http://MusicMatch.com)
		or	AudioCatalyst to record (http://AudioCatalyst.com)

WAV - Benefits - Natively supported in nearly all browsers and OS's, good
sound quality, Software is likely already on your machine.
	Drawbacks - Uncompressed audio means large files to download
	Software - 	Winamp to Listen AND Record

RealAudio - 	Benefits - Streaming, highly compressed audio.  Wide
distribution base
		Drawbacks - poor sound quality; software is expensive
		Software - RealAudio  (http://www.real.com)

Most of the major commercial websites that I've seen lately (CDNOW,
Amazon.com, etc...) offer links to both mp3 and wav versions of each sound.

Hope this helps,

Seth

(PS: Your english is outstanding!)

(PPS: I know I'm going to get flamed for this: For those wondering, I didn't
forget about the obscure Mac sound format (hee hee)...)


-----Original Message-----
From: Niklaus Haldimann [mailto:niklaus@factor7.ch]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 10:57 AM
To: thelist@lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] radio ad


Hi Evoltians.

A client wants me to put his radio ad (20 seconds) on his web site. I 
got it from him on an Audio CD. I've never dealt with sound on the 
web before. Which format should I use and what programs (preferably 
freeware) do I need to convert it?

Thanks,
Niklaus.

PS: I'm sorry for my bad English. ;-)

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