streaming audio
Music without downloading
Streaming audio is sound transmitted over the internet and played as it arrives, rather than downloaded completely before playback.
Music services, podcasts, and internet radio all deliver streaming audio: I listen to streaming audio on my commute.
The technology enables instant access to vast libraries without storing files locally.
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- playlistsOrdered song collections
- curated playlistIntentionally assembled song sequence
- codecData compression algorithm
Spotify · subscription models · audiobooks · music discovery · licensing agreements · cloud computing · Apple Music · Pandora · accessibility features · interviews · latency · SoundCloud · royalty payments · volume control · background music · bandwidth · Tidal · Deezer
- audiosound, headphones, volume control, sound recording, noise
- Audiobooksaudiobook, narrator, chapter, narration, playback speed
- audio mediavinyl, LP, CD, cassette, 8-track
- Car Techcar radio, car radios, GPS, GPS navigation, satellite radio
- audio formatsMP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, WMA
- audio technologysound design, signal processing, DSP, sound waves, waveforms
streaming audiophysical media
Content on tangible formats
vinyl records · CDs · cassette tapes · compact discs · records
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