Information on Iwave Sound
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What is Iwave?
Iwave is a new technology from Vocaltec, the makers of the popular Internet
program Iphone, which allows you to play audio over the Internet
as it downloads. Iwave requires a 486 or higher, there is no Macintosh version. Iwave allows you to play audio on demand over the
Internet. Ordinarily to play sound files from the Internet you must first
download the file completely, which usually takes quite a long time to
download even the shortest sound files. Using the a special Iwave player you
can now listen to files from the Internet which have been compressed in
Iwave format as they download. You no longer have to wait for the
entire file to reach your computer and hard drive before you can
listen to it. The Iwave player is just a little over 1 MB to download and comes
with a free evaluation copy of the lastest version of Iphone.
Why is Iwave better than RealAudio?
Iwave is very similar to another sound compression/player format that's really
been gathering attention over the past several months. Iwave does not
have all of the features of RealAudio, which may beat Iwave in sound quality
and in it's ability to play live audio broadcasts, but it does have several
important advantages :
- Both the Iwave player and the encoder (program used to create the special
Iwave format sound recordings) are FREE! RealAudio charges quite heavily for
their encoding and server software.
- Iwave does not require a special a special server. You can place files
encoded in Iwave on your server just as you would an html file, a GIF or a JPG.
- These advantages make it accessible to a large number of web site who
can not afford to install the RealAudio server, or are unable to unstall the
server.
- Both the server and the encoder software are relatively simple to use.
So we have nothing but praise for Vocaltec, for an excellent program and system
for making audio on demand accessible to anyone who has something to say!
Request Iwave for the Macintosh
We think that Iwave is a great technology and would hate to see it vanish
completely. Versions for all platforms, as is the case with RealAudio, is vital
to its success. Why not send a quick note to Vocaltec, makers of Iwave
telling them you'd like to see a Macintosh version as well? Click on the icon
below to send them mail.
Last Updated: September 26, 1996