Mostly space and compatibility.
.RAs are generally smaller than even low-quality MP3s and stream
better to a broader range of people. Most folks (even on cable/dsl)
are not so crazy about downloading 100 meg MP3 of a dj set when
they're able to listen immediately to real audio. Besides, all the
essential software is free and it requires no special software to
stream it from anywhere on the web.
my reasons anyhow,
.aaron shinn
At 2:17 PM -0500 10/3/01, Ed Rahn wrote:
>if I may ask, what does everyone see in realaudio? The majority of music
>files I see on this list are .ram files. I'm personally not a big fan of
>anything realaudio, the software is kludgy and I don't think there's any
>open source software do encode or decode the files.
>
>What benefits does real audio files have over MP3's?
>
>
>hEaD
>
>p.s. I do not wish to start any type of flame wars, I'm just curious.
>Honesty I could care less what anyone uses to encode/decode their music ;)
>
>On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, bump2k selectah wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey people,
>>
>> check out this mix I did about a month ago. A nice eclectic mix of
>> broken beat & deep jazzy house. please, let me know what you think about
>> it.
>>
>> Part 1
>> http://www.swell.net/realaudio/dj/essential/essential_sine_side_a.ram
>>
>> part 2
>> http://www.swell.net/realaudio/dj/essential/essential_sine_side_b.ram
>>
>>
>>
>> e s s e n t i a l
>> "no categories, no boundaries, no rules"
>>
>> p.s. wait till you guys hear my brand new mix "expansions", like the
>> night me & Saint brought Phoenix last week. the mix might be up by next
>> week. :)
>>
>>
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