In my experience, streaming MP3 is just about as good as Real. Well,
the NEWEST versions of Real (G2 and up) seem to have a little better
sound quality at the same bit rate as MP3 but not much. However, most
of the MP3 players are much better and more stable than any version
of the Real player.



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Albee" <john@empresamexicana.com>
To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:39 PM
Subject: Streaming w/linux


> In terms of streaming live content(radio) what is the best solution for
> Linux?  Is there a Open Source alternative to the RealServer?  Is there
> better way to stream?  Our audience will be the typical net audience so
more
> popular streaming ways are preferred.  We may buy the Software from Real
but
> I wanted to ask first.