The expert on the opportunities and hurdles in using sound on our web pages is LTT consultant Alex Sze . He set up the server. But I, Jerry Pyle, can probably help you with most of your questions on getting the sounds set up from your web pages. We now have in place the server for Real Audio and Real Video.
Faculty can start putting live sound streaming on their pages.
We will let you know when our system can handle live video. Whether we need a more powerful server in the near future will depend on the extent of use on campus. In July of 1997 Microsoft invested heavily in the Real Audio company and bought VX Extreme. A most elementary way of using this resource is to have our Cobber sports events and concerts that are already broadcast on the radio linked into our web page so people in Montana or Mexico city can listen to a game or concert, live or later, on the web. The Peace Prize Forum can, if we so desire, be heard live over the net.