This past weekend, Apolyton Civilization Site Radio (ACSR) made a simultaneous transition from RealAudio (RA) by RealNetworks to open-source MP3 using Audacity for production and Winamp for recommended playback. All station shows dated November 2005 onward will be recorded and made available in MP3 format exclusively, while all shows dated before this time have been converted into MP3 and their original RA versions removed.
This move was due primarily to target audience reach through MP3 as opposed to RA, and secondarily for financial reasons. In September and October of ths year, some special broadcasts were made available in MP3 as well as RA format as publicly unannounced 'test runs'.
ACSR is a service of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS), one of the oldest and premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
This move was due primarily to target audience reach through MP3 as opposed to RA, and secondarily for financial reasons. In September and October of ths year, some special broadcasts were made available in MP3 as well as RA format as publicly unannounced 'test runs'.
ACSR is a service of Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS), one of the oldest and premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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