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Creating an Internet Radio Station
What do you need to set up an Internet radio station?

Getting audio over the Internet is pretty simple:

1.    The audio enters the Internet broadcaster’s encoding computer through a sound card.

2.    The encoder system translates the audio from the sound card into streaming format. The encoder samples the incoming audio and compresses the information so it can be sent over the Internet.

3.    The compressed audio is sent to the server, which has a high bandwidth connection to the Internet.

4.    The server sends the audio data stream over the Internet to the player software or plug-in on the listener’s computer. The plug-in translates the audio data stream from the server and translates it into the sound heard by the listener.

There are two ways to deliver audio over the Internet: downloads or streaming media. In downloads, an audio file is stored on the user’s computer. Compressed formats like MP3 are the most popular form of audio downloads, but any type of audio file can be delivered through a Web or FTP site. Streaming audio is not stored, but only played. It is a continuous broadcast that works through three software packages: the encoder, the server and the player. The encoder converts audio content into a streaming format, the server makes it available over the Internet and the player retrieves the content. For a live broadcast, the encoder and streamer work together in real-time. An audio feed runs to the sound card of a computer running the encoder software at the broadcast location and the stream is uploaded to the streaming server. Since that requires a large amount of computing resources, the streaming server must be a dedicated server



How Does Streaming Media Work?
Streaming media technology enables the real time or on demand distribution of audio, video and multimedia on the Internet. Streaming media is the simultaneous transfer of digital media (video, voice and data) so that it is received as a continuous real-time stream. Streamed data is transmitted by a server application and received and displayed in real-time by client applications. These applications can start displaying video or playing back audio as soon as enough data has been received and stored in the receiving station’s buffer.



Some Commonly Asked Questions

- My Company Wants To Webcast. What Do I Need To Know?
Unless your corporation has the resources in-house to make the broadcast happen, most companies need to outsource the live event to a service provider to handle the webcast and the components that go with it. You can read an overview of what is involved in a webcast and how it works in this article.

If you are interested in technical information on the equipment and resources needed to produce a webcast yourself, we recommend this book.

- How Do You Calculate Streaming Media Storage and Transfer?
Calculating the amount of streaming media bandwidth and storage you use each month is based on knowing some basic streaming media measurements. Download this streaming media Word document for an easy explanation.

- How Do I Find A Service Provider In My Area?
Streamingmedia.com maintains the largest directory to assist you in finding the right companies to power your streaming initiatives. You can search the directory anytime by going to www.streamingmedia.com/directory

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- What Are Some Of The Business Benefits Of Streaming Media?
Streaming media solutions within an organization deliver tighter and more frequent cross-company communication, more personal and effective customer communication, empowerment of employees to 'speak' to the entire organization, elearning opportunities, and unmatched knowledge-sharing. Streaming media makes a message more powerful, clear, and effective. Companies involved in utilizing streaming express little doubt about the medium's ability to deliver multiple benefits within their organization.

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The advantages of using this kind of software.
The disadvantages of using this kind of software.