- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:39:22 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> what audio format you use. Trouble with real audio is that it is not > available to all platforms and even on those that it is available for, As commonly served, it won't even get through my company's firewall; there are ways of using it over HTTP, but many sites don't use them. > requires additional software/plug in. best audio is .wav or other > native formats since they require only the existing built in processors. I suspect the real reasons for streaming formats are: - digital rights management - if you have to refetch every time, you can't easily redistribute the material; - (judging by Microsoft's media servers writeup) because you insert customised adverts.
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