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768kbps for streaming music in 1.4 pre? That can't be right.
Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
05-27-2004 23:38
The notice I get when it asks if I want to stream music, is that it requires an additional 768kbps of overhead?

What on earth are you guys using to stream if it requires 768k? Is it raw PCM? 22050x2x16bit would be 768kbps, but even MP3 maxes out at 360kbps -- hell, you could do a pristine MP2 stream at 224kbps.

What's up with that?
Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
05-27-2004 23:51
Nevermind. 768kbps aggregate, not 768kbps overhead. Sorry.
Ezhar Fairlight
professional slacker
Join date: 30 Jun 2003
Posts: 310
05-28-2004 05:19
Also, SL doesn't stream a thing here - those streams are from 3rd party providers. All the SL servers do is send your client the URL of the stream. Your client then plays it back. It's just the same as if going to some website and clicking on a shoutcast URL that starts winamp - just more comfortable :)
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