RADIO.BLOG.CLUB -- this "Radio.blog" program looks like an interesting concept, but in my experience I spend a lot of time trying to convert things from a stream to something useful and download-able; how much effort should I be going through so that people can stream my MP3s rather than download them -- especially since most browsers will start playing the MP3 as it downloads, so wait-time isn't going to be very long. Anyone agree? Disagree?

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Rob said…
I agree with you it seems kind of silly... My only thoughts would be that some places like libraries or the like might have blocks on downloading MP3 files, but allow streaming files to play...

Just a guess
April 29, 2005 at 8:59 AM
Rob said…
By the way, I think I had a thought, but my hands typed thougths... I have got to get a handle on those pesky things.
April 29, 2005 at 8:59 AM
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