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Streaming_Audio_Made_Easy
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MP3 Sound Stream - Sound Bytes by Quentin Brown December 16, 2003
Internet streaming audio is the most prevalent form of
multimedia on the Internet today according to Creative, one of
the leading companies in the sound hardware field. Over the last
few years, streaming audio has moved from being a curiosity to a
business strategy that is adopted by many media organizations.
There are over 100,000 sites that provide streaming audio
content and there is a diverse set of available content ranging
from music, news, business presentations, sports, talk shows,
educational material, religious sermons and company earnings
call.
Streaming Audio has always been available to the big corporate
sites and techies. Now every one can use simple software to
produce their own streaming audio from a web site.
Marketers and business people have always known that a
well-placed audio stream can increase sales and signups to their
products and services. The problem has always been that the
average person could not afford the high cost of special servers
or programmers to be able to use this technology.
There have been a number of products around that provide
streaming audio however as they have grown and developed so have
their plugins required for listening to the streaming files.
With the new software available today anyone can add audio to
their sites without the need for large plugins and complicated
software. Simply add your audio file and choose a component to
activate the stream and click go. These programs output all the
necessary files, which you can then use to embed in your web
pages with a quick copy and paste.
These new software programs use Macromedia Flash technology and
the LAME compression and resource bits to produce very high
quality output from MP3 or WAV files. The web visitor can simply
click and listen, even over a standard 56K modem.
So now that you're considering adding the sweet sound of your
voice to your site, where might you want to use it?
Depending on your website's content and theme, there are a
variety of ways to incorporate your voice into it. For example:
You might place a welcome message on your front page,
summarizing your site's highlights, informing visitors of what
they'll find, and thanking them for stopping by.
If you have an "about us" page on your site, you might want to
record a brief message to accompany your background info. This
will help people feel as if they're actually meeting you.
Since testimonials are a great enhancement to any site imagine
if you actually added them in your customer's own voice. If you
use one of the phone recording services you could give them the
number and they could easily record how they feel about your
products/services.
If your site has been featured in an online interview or radio
show, imagine including this audio in your site. Just think of
it as your very own live press room.
One thing to consider is the quality of your voice. If it's not
all that pleasant to listen to, you may want to employ the help
of a friend, or you could hire a "professional" voice-over
service. Do a search at Google and you'll find plenty of options.
There are many features that these new programs provide the user.
Produce as many files as you like. No need for expensive
programmers Host them on your own server - you're in control.
Greatly reduce the size of your audio file. Streams over most
modem connections Easy to use interface Added components for
more variety.
MP3 Sound Stream is one of these products that enables anybody
to add streaming audio content to their website.
MP3 Sound Stream 1.25 (mp3ss) makes high quality 56K streaming
audio from MP3 or WAV files. Select a file and it will create a
web page and Flash animations that stream the audio. It uses
LAME compression to produce very high quality output. The
program is written in C++ and runs on the following platforms:
Win95, Win98, WinME and WinXP.
Rather than trying to sell you on this product simply visit MP3
Sound Stream (http://www.mp3soundstream.com and experience it
for your self. You can download a full featured demo of the
product and see how simple it is to add audio to your site
today.
About the author:
MP3 Sound Stream is a new and inovative product that aloows
anyone to easily add streaming audio to their website. Quentin
Brown has been involved with Internet Marketing for the past 7
years and continually helps people to resource and equip their
online businesses for success. http://www.mp3soundstream.com
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