I. MP3 AND AUDIO - SEARCH ENGINES, READERS, TUTORS

Search the web for your favored songs or artist and play them back on your home study system:

• MP3 Tutorial & FAQ (Detailed, for beginners)
• MP3 search engine with over 500,000 titles
• Free MP3 software utilities for download
• An audio search engine with over 1 Million files shown daily
• Music search engine. Search by artist name, album name or song name. With over 20,000 reviewed links
• A fast and powerful MP3 HTTP search engine with clean site design and working links. Gives you also indication how good the download line is and allows streaming of the song!
• Nice mp3 search engine, too. Indexes and verifies files offered over HTTP. Based in Los Angeles, California.
• Secret Guide to RealAudio - Knowing How To Encode Audio Is Only Half the Trick
• Produce Streaming Audio That Satisfies (Tutorial)
• An excellent yet free Mp3 player ("..handles the playing chores for MP3, WMA, RealAudio, WAV, MIDI, CD Audio, Internet radio, AND video files
• Streaming Audio Tutorial
• ..is the world leader in sound-matching technology. The Comparisonics® software gives computers the ability to measure the similarity of sounds. Given any sound, similar sounds can be located automatically in audio and video data. Thousands of hours of audio and video recordings can be searched in seconds..." - Includes the FindSounds audio search Engine
• Mp3 History & Technology ("..Before embarking on the history of MP3, it's important to cover one popular misconception regarding MP3 audio. Many people new to the MP3 scene assume that.." - Introduction)
• and more...

II. STREAMING VIDEO GUIDE

The video technology is improving constantly. Read our guide and you will be up-to-date:

• An article about streaming video
• Video and streaming media
• How to add Video to your Site - Streaming Video vs. Downloadable Files ("..Streaming video is the hottest thing on the Web right now, but it's not appropriate for all applications.." - Tutorial)
• Putting Video on Your Web Site: The Basics (Tutorial)
• Producing Streaming Video (and Audio) for the Web (Detailed tutorial)
• Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox article about video and streaming media
• Creating Streaming Video Using Real Producer
• RealVideo - Waiting on Broadband ("..RealVideo is the dominant streaming technology on the web today and will play an increasing role in broadband web delivery in the near future. In this article we'll see how to create video optimized for the web, how to encode it and how to incorporate it with SMIL..." - Tutorial)
• Creating Quality Streaming Video ("..Creating streaming video is one of the fastest growing graphics fields. With the new technology available, virtually any user can create desktop productions. However, there are several things to consider which will ensure quality results. Following these steps will save you the expense of lost production time and the frustration that goes along with it..." - Tutorial)
• Coding Of Moving Pictures And Audio (MPEG-4 Overview. Detailed)
• and more...

III. INTERNET RADIO STATIONS & DIRECTORIES

Tune into the radio channel of your choice and your language of choice - with the Internet no problem:

• Tune in into over 1400 radio stations worldwide. Make your PC a global media receiver!
• Radio Ticker for web sites
• Radio stations on the Internet (US only)
• Various Internet Radio Stations
• Using Minidisc to Record from Internet Radio Stations (Article & Tutorial)
• ...the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the Internet. We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world"...
• Search for Webcasting Radio Stations Worldwide! (Over 3000. Searchable database by Genre, City, State/Province, Country, Name, Call Letters and Frequency)
• Internet Radio Directory ("..Online radio stations, streaming live audio from around the world. We make it easy to listen to over 1300 webcasts...)
• Internet Radio Player (An excellent player)
• A Media Player ("..A powerful application that takes advantage of the wave of new music and broadcast technologies sweeping the Internet: the MP3 compressed music format and a proprietary web-based radio broadcasting technology..."
• Internet Radio Stations from China and Japan
• Example Radio Stations ("..What you need in terms of hardware and software depends on what you intend to do. An online radio station can be as simple as a few pieces of software, or as complex as a state-of-the-art recording studio..." - Article and Tutorial)
• Radio stations on the Internet (US only. Site includes also information to newspapers and TV stations. The search engine provides the link to the station's home page
• Online Internet Radio Stations - Your computer is a radio
• ...The world's largest network of independently-produced audio content... (Excellent Site)
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