The software required will depend what streaming format you decide to use. For Windows Media streaming you will need the Windows Media Encoder and this can be downloaded from www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx. The latest version is Windows Media encoder 9. For Shoutcast streaming you need to have Winamp installed. This can be downloaded from www.winamp.com/player/ (the basic version is good enough).

No. The DPC specialists will teach you the very basic software skills necessary to complete a digital portfolio.

A stream is a way of thinking about digital information for which there may be no ending point. The most conventional form of digital information is the file. Files always have a beginning and an end, but streams may or may not, and therefore software which uses streams must not require finding the end of the file in order to process it. Streams are usually delivered in packets which are self-contained, and usually allow seeking (i.e. fast forward) for further points in the streams.

The MDE program (and WebTycho) requires a browser version of 4.5 or higher. The Adober Acrobat Reader, version 4.0 or higher is required. Microsoft Word97 is required in most of the MDE courses. Microsoft Excel is required in some of the MDE courses. Microsoft Powerpoint is highly recommended.

Yes, by connecting to the SqueezeNetwork you can listen to a wide variety of compatible Internet radio stations, including thousands of choices from ShoutCast, radioio and Live365.

You can use this software for live streaming. You only have to specify a 'stream' name (including server address, port, and virtual file name) as a file name set on a region. See also "Questions about SMIL" Q3.

To download player software, click your choice above. Minimum system requirements for each player are also available at their respective websites. Earlier versions may work fine but are not supported.

There are different types of game modding, starting from simple texture replacements to complete characters and worlds, so a texture paint program, a 3D application and a video game engine are the basics to start modding.

A server is a computer with specialized internet broadcasting software installed, connected 24hrs a day to the internet via a high-speed high-bandwidth connection, capable of delivering multiple 'streams' of data (your webcast) to internet users on demand. RealNetworks Windows Media and Winamp MP3 produce the most popular internet broadcasting server software for internet webcasting.

To stream media via the Internet you first need some "content," such as audio or video, images, text or animation. You'll need to convert it to digital format (e.g., .avi for video or .wav for audi using a capture card. Next you must compress that media with an encoder so it can travel efficiently over the Internet. And lastly you need a server to send the media to a player upon request.

You will need Windows XP, Windows Media Encoder (free download) and a video cam of any sort. You simply open Windows Media encoder, select Broadcast live event, select your devices, select "Push to Windows Media Server"; enter our server information and the encoder connects to us. Once connected and encoding you can open any Windows Media Player worldwide and people see your live video. Very powerful, very easy.

Cygwin/X provides a software interface that is very similar to the software interface provided by GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems. Most software packages will compile on Cygwin/X without any changes at all. To begin with, try to compile a given software package following that package's compilation instructions for GNU/Linux.

In most cases, you will want to run the Book-on-CD directly from the CD-ROM drive. To do so, you will need to put the CD in the drive and leave it there while you use the product. To start the Book-on-CD: Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive. If Auto Insert Notification is active for your CD-ROM drive, the Book-on-CD program will automatically start a few seconds after you close the CD-ROM drive tray.

We provide the software to let you do a SYSEX dump from your computer to your instruments. It can be downloaded free from our demo page. You can also load in our "Standard Midi Files" using your sequencer program (Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer etc). Just import the sounds to a track, play the track and the sounds will load right in. We also provide detailed instructions on how to make everything work.

You may need an Adobe Acrobat reader and/or a Quicktime movie viewer to look at some of these pages. Click on one of the icons below to get software for your machine. No endorsement of these products should be implied.

For the basic PDL functionality you don't need any additional software. However, some of the optional PDL modules included in the distribution (notably most graphics and some I/O modules) require certain other libraries/programs to be installed. Check the file DEPENDENCIES in the distribution for details and directions on how to get these. You have probably upgraded perl to 5.6 and tried to recompile an old version of PDL. The solution to this problem is to upgrade to a version ( > 2.

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The brochure "So, you want to run a food business? - A guide for Victorians" provides details on what you need to know to run a food business. To download, see Starting a food business.