Thursday, October 6, 2011

Week 5- Bits and Bytes

The Beatzburne website will feature only MP3 files on its website as wav files will take up too much storage. A wav file is the raw version of the song, meaning it is uncompressed audio. An MP3 is compressed audio which has eliminated all the frequencies a normal human ear cannot hear. Using MP3 files compared to wav files on the website is incredibly beneficial for traffic and speed. The website will be much faster to load if people are only uploading smaller files. When users are making their playlists, they do not have to worry about the tedious, time consuming, activity that is uploading a wav file. Although a wav file does sound better because it is the full version of the audio, most individuals cannot decipher the difference. By uploading mp3 files the website will work at a much faster rate and there will be more memory to spare between users. A wav file is essentially useless in most aspects because the average human cannot hear the added frequencies, thus using MP3 files saves more time and memory for users.
On the Beatzburne website unicode will be featured, with over 100,000 characters for different languages. This is advantageous because members of Beatzburne from all across the world can connect with one another through music. Also, if a person is multi-lingual or interested in artists speaking other languages than English, they can listen to this music as well. Using unicode on Beatzburne opens the market up to the entire WORLD to unite over musical interest. For example, if an American who can speak German is interested in the band Ramstein, they can connect with other German speaking people from around the world about the band. Also if an individual is from Cuba and they moved to the United States but still have relatives from home listening to Spanish speaking music the two individuals can continue their relationship through their musical interests and see what each individual is listening to.

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