[BC] ftp sites

[Peter Smerdon]

Don,
Are we talking broadcast quality or 'Pod quality?

The result depends on the data rate of the audio file.
Linear (uncompressed .wav) audio is roughly 1.5Mbps. I wouldn't try 
playing that thru the I'net.
Compression schemes reduce this rate - and the playout experience 
depends on the rate, your player's buffer size, and the size of your 
"pipe" (remember, "the internet is a series of pipes").
If the audio is coded at a high bitrate (to sound half-decent) it could 
stutter/buffer with small or clogged "pipes".

If uninterrupted audio is important, download it.

I don't think the ftp server cares whether the packets it's serving are 
being delivered to a player or a file.

Peter S.

Al Stewart wrote:
> My guess ... downloading takes a fraction of the time of playing (streaming) the audio.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> ------ At 08:52 AM 09/15/2006 -0600, Don Niccum wrote: -------
>   
> 
>> I have always been told that when I need audio from a ftp site, always
>> download it and then play it locally, never to play it directly from the ftp
>> site.
>>
>> So that I have the info in my head for future reference, does playing audio
>> directly from the ftp site affect the ftp server in some adverse way?
>>
>> Don Niccum
>> KCKN
>> donn at dfn.com
>>
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