The year was 1994. Music was as popular as it’s ever been, with rock bands like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, popstars such as Ace of Base and Mariah Carey, and even soul artists like Boyz II Men and Janet … Read the rest
It’s not just music lovers realizing that streaming has a long way to go to match physical media.
Film lovers see the same issues: degraded quality, no extras, no ownership, unknown/ temporary access.
We give up a lot for … Read the rest
Recording allows us to store and replay something. It is the first time-shifting. It’s been around for ~ 200 years but it wasn’t until the last 100 that they really started making tangible progress for commercial applications.
Images were first. … Read the rest
Deets on Youtube’s audio handling:
Audio is streamed at either 128k or 320k mp3.
Everything defaults to 128k. You can only get the 320k audio stream by selecting the HD video quality. Some videos start in HD but most don’t. … Read the rest
If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.
Streaming…
The music industry, ever pro-active and cutting edge, has finally decided to try and sell music in a digital file format.
I have heard some good and many bad things about this new scheme (mainly that it won’t do much … Read the rest
