Streaming Audio Baned

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The boss at work sent out an email today saying no more streaming radio at work. He said its slowing down the internet for everyone. He is kind of dumb. He pays a ton of money for something he loves to brag about. A whole 1/4 T1 line! What a waste of money.

So I had to break down and buy a mp3 player. Just ordered one. Found a coupon and got it for $215. Retails for $250.

http://pcmag.shopping.com/xPF-Zen_Micro_5_GB

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mmmm

Got a full T1 where I work ;>

PS I am sorry for you bossman.

Now that I think about it, 1/4 T1 is worse than a cable connection... Way worse.

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mmmm

Got a full T1 where I work ;>

PS I am sorry for you bossman.

Now that I think about it, 1/4 T1 is worse than a cable connection... Way worse.

And its still more expensive.

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Nice player. Some friends and I just got another friend the Zen Xtra 30gb.
We were hoping that the 150 some CD Bach collection he just got will fit on it with some room to spare.

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Nice player. Some friends and I just got another friend the Zen Xtra 30gb.
We were hoping that the 150 some CD Bach collection he just got will fit on it with some room to spare.

It will fit no problem. I riped around 100 CDs and it was only 4-5GB

[Farvneho]

were they WMA files or still MP3s?

Why doesn't dude-boss-man get DSL? It's sexy-cheap and mucho faster. A quarter T1 is like... 384k down. ISDN could catch you if it had a tailwind.

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Yeah, but you are trying to compare speed to quantity. Lots of people on DSL? No. Lot's of people on T1? Sure.

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were they WMA files or still MP3s?

Why doesn't dude-boss-man get DSL? It's sexy-cheap and mucho faster. A quarter T1 is like... 384k down. ISDN could catch you if it had a tailwind.

They were MP3s. Some day I will re- rip them all into WMA maybe. I don't know why he doesn't get something beter. There are diferent DSL packages. They sell some that are targetd towards buisnesses. There are only about 12 computers. And most people just do e-mail and web browsing. With maybe 3 of us who occasionaly stream music. Ill have to check the bill to see what we are actualy paying (I'm the guy who pays the bills). I know its not cheap.

But It doesn't mater now. The MP3 player is on the way. I'll just have to start finding new music again. I liked the streaming radio because I didn't have to remember any band names or keep up with new albums coming out. I used to know all the bands, and what was new. But that was in the early 90s when MTV played music still. I was excited when MTV2 came out. But know they aren't much better than MTV.

Its getting harder to find good hard rock and metal without the "singer" screaming and shouting everything. Maybe I'm just getting old. :(

[icdragon]

Some day I will re- rip them all into WMA maybe.

Bad idea. WMP likes to put DRM on all WMA files, meaning they could be locked, owned, etc. WMP = bad, bad DRM program. Then again, something free like dBPowerAmp could easily convert back and forth with no troubles... Go dBPA!

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Bad idea. WMP likes to put DRM on all WMA files, meaning they could be locked, owned, etc. WMP = bad, bad DRM program. Then again, something free like dBPowerAmp could easily convert back and forth with no troubles... Go dBPA!

Didn't know all that. I thought about OGG Vorbis but its not widely supported on all MP3 players yet. AAC is another option but I haven't looked into it yet.

[icdragon]

Didn't know all that. I thought about OGG Vorbis but its not widely supported on all MP3 players yet. AAC is another option but I haven't looked into it yet.

I recommend MP3, as everyone will be supporting it for some time to come. OGG is just emerging, AAC is proprietary, and WMA is DRM-enabled. MP3 for the win! Or Raw audio, but that's huge.

ps: ender's whipping boy? wtf? f- you, man :tup:

[Soltis]

Yeah, but you are trying to compare speed to quantity. Lots of people on DSL? No. Lot's of people on T1? Sure.

I'm rather unsure what you mean by this.

With any internet connection, quantity(bits per second) IS speed. Unless by "speed," you mean latency, which is how long each packet takes to travel to the remote host and back...

[icdragon]

I'm rather unsure what you mean by this.

With any internet connection, quantity(bits per second) IS speed. Unless by "speed," you mean latency, which is how long each packet takes to travel to the remote host and back...

He's talking bandwidth. A DSL line with 768k down will do poorly if hammered by twenty employees, while a T1 of the same speed will do quite nicely (relatively). It's all about bandwidth AND number of users supported. However, I will not pretend to understand how T1 works while DSL does not.

[Soltis]

If the line is actually capable of that speed, then the only limiting factor would be latency, which is superior in a T1 line, but not overwhelmingly so.

Most likely, such a DSL line would be *rated* at 768, but not capable of it.

T1 lines have much higher support standards, often including uptime guarantees and other benefits to insure reliability.

However, there is no intrinsic reason why a T1 should outperform a DSL line of equal (actual, not rated)specs.

[Farvneho]

They were MP3s. Some day I will re- rip them all into WMA maybe. I don't know why he doesn't get something beter. There are diferent DSL packages. They sell some that are targetd towards buisnesses. There are only about 12 computers. And most people just do e-mail and web browsing. With maybe 3 of us who occasionaly stream music. Ill have to check the bill to see what we are actualy paying (I'm the guy who pays the bills). I know its not cheap.
Adobe Audition 1.0 has a batch file convert. <3 128kbps MP3 = 80 kbps WMA

[Soltis]

Variable bitrate MP3s > WMAs.