Re: [MP3 ENCODER] (Off-topic) Real Audio vs. MP3 on internet hops

[Nick Burch]

>We're trying to figure out why Real Audio signals
>seem to degrade (flanging, smacking, etc.) over
>excessive router hops, while our MP3 streams
>seem to suffer less (until they lose sync & pop
>if it's too bad).  Does anyone have any technical
>reasons why the Real Audio stream or decoder
>might cause this effect?

I'd say the main difference is that most real audio streams are UDP, and most MP3 
streams are TCP

Nick


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