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>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:24:25 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Karl Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5688 Suggestions for a new server?
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Dear Fatima & LLTI,

I'd think about a G4 server: That's what the computer lab in the basement
here has. I'm experimenting with streaming mp3's over the campus network.
QuickTime 4.0 plays them (without downloading them) over the network very
well. I'd be glad to collaborate with folks that have the same titles. (Of
course we'd need to get permission from the publishers for this... No LLTI
version of Napster!)

We have (among other things)...

Kontakte (German)
Arriba (new edition)
Interaction (French)
Chez Nous (French)
Punto y aparte (Spanish)
Allons-y (French)

I've had good luck encoding as aiff in SoundEdit 16 (3:1 compression, 8
bit, 44 khz) and then converting to MP3 with SoundJam on the Macintosh.
That keeps the files a reasonable size (about 10 K for 20 min.)

Best,
Karl Fisher
University of the South

>--- Forwarded Message from "Fatima Chajia" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>From: "Fatima Chajia" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Suggestions for a new server?
>>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 19:27:40 GMT
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>Hi y'all,
>
>We have a small computer lab in our dept. It has 25 machines (Apple). We are
>considering purchasing a new server, a server fast enough and with enough
>memory to handle a lot of audio files (were are planning to digitze the
>tapes that accompany the textbooks: Dos Mundos, Deux Mondes, En Contacto,
>C'Est Ca, Kontakte). We do not have a technician and therefore we are
>looking for a server that can be used and networked easily by an average lab
>director( myself!). Any suggestions?
>Thanks for your help in this matter.
>
>Fatima
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>Fatima Chajia, Ph.D
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>Dept of Foreign Languages
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>358 T.T. Allain
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>Southern University and A&M
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>Baton Rouge, LA 70813
>
>(225) 771-3030 (office)
>
>
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Karl W. Fisher
Director, Language Laboratory
735 University Avenue
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383

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Fax: (931) 598-1145