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Streaming Music
Listening
to Quality Music
Streaming music is similar to
steaming video and is the ability to listen to audio files on the
Internet without the requirement to download them first.
Streaming
online music allows someone to listen to online music files on a
computer that
are in real-time just like listening to a radio station or using your
car radio.
Music streaming is a perfect reproduction of music files and
results in the non-introduction of noise, because you are not
downloading the music through the computer’s speakers.
The quality of
streaming online music is superior to copying the music before
listening with
older technologies.
Streaming online music software allows
for variations in streaming rates and the type of modem used by the
user. Typical modems are Dial-up, DSL, and Cable.
The music streaming software stores music data that
is received to quickly for
play at the correct speed. However, if the music stream
arrives too
slowly the software is unable to compensate. This results in a choppy
sound and is typical with Dial-up modems.
Music streaming uses software to listen to the music. The
better software
includes Windows Media Player and Real Audio.
Listening
to music streaming is typically accomplished
using the following
electronic devices:
- Computers
- Cell Phones
- MP3 Players
- iPods
- Internet radios
Streaming online music is
transmitted
over the Internet from a number of sources, which provides
near real-time streaming music listening pleasure:
- Radio stations – that stream online music over
the web
- Satellite radio – the quality which many
consider superior to standard
radio stations
- iTunes radio – subscriber to music
service
- MP3 Internet websites – sends music in files
- MySpace – people record their favorite music on
their sites for others
to listen to
- YouTube
– people provide online music for free
- Internet music websites – these are fun by
individuals that want to
sell their music without having to use large music production companies
The standard formats that streaming online music
files use when transmitting and you need to have compatible software
to
listen include:
- MIDI
– Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- ACC – Advanced Digital Coding
- WMA – Windows Media Audio
- MP3 – MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group audio)
- AIFF – standard Apple audio file
- OGG – free and is not an acronym
- FLAC – use to avoid loss of quality
- RAM – a non-text file that contains the address
to a Real Audio file
The
disadvantage of streaming music is that you need to subscribe or join
the service provider to have access to their protected music files.
Joining or subscribing to a service provides access to latest and most
popular music for quality. In the long run it is less expensive than
buying an entire CD for just one song.
Streaming
music is a technique that transfers musical data in one continuous
stream over the Internet.
The advantage of streaming music is that,
unlike earlier non-streaming technologies, the music begins to play on
the users computer even before it is finished streaming from the server.
For
additional topics on how
to stream audio, such as the streaming music
section here, please visit the following: Internet radio player, streaming
audio player, streaming
audio recorder, capture
streaming audio, download
streaming
audio, copy
streaming audio and saving streaming audio.
If
you are looking for a little more
hands-on
type information, take a peek at the online video sharing,
video
streaming
information, media
streaming, video
webcasting and how
to stream video.
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