Streaming Audio 10 Years Old

Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 24, 2005 @06:28AM from the now-more-than-ugly-pixels dept.

SlimySlimy writes "This month, streaming audio turns 10. Though first introduced by Real, streaming multimedia is so commonplace today it's hard to believe that it didn't even exist 10 years ago. In line with one of their previous press releases, RealNetworks has released a mysterious website and letter from CEO Rob Glaser celebrating 10 years of Internet streaming audio, as well as announcing a yet-to-be-revealed 'revolution' in digital media. 'On April 26, we are changing the rules of the Internet again, and digital music will never be the same.' Here is their press release from 1995 (when they were still Progressive Networks) announcing the first streaming Internet multimedia."

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Stop with the Buffering crap complaints already... by howareyougentlemen · 2005-04-24 06:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Lifeless geeks. I haven't seen this for years. There are many good reasons to not do downloads for ephemeral content. Particularly at high simultaneous volume. And it's impossible for live content, if that concept fits into the pin-sized intellects of these congenital whingers. If you don't like all the crap bundled into the RealPlayer, then get the Helix community player, or use mplayer, which (with questionable licensing, if you care about that) plays all of the same content.