Can anyone help me understand streams vs downloads? I'm researching starting a music hosting site and have a few questions
01. How does download a song compare to streaming it bandwidth wise? If I stream a 3mb song or download a 3mb song is it consuming the same amount of bandwidth?
02. Where can I find more information about streaming music? Is there software involved? What the most common (or only way) to get a file to stream rather than download.
03. Are there different stream qualities? I've heard something about it and never really put thought into it until I realized the stream quality from MySpace.com is much worse than PureVolume.com (Could just be me). How do you control the quality of your stream?
I think that's it for now. Thanks in advance.