STREAMING AUDIO AND VIDEO

Avpals AUDIO A REVOLUTION IN SOUND

■ How much does it cost ■ How much data does it use ■ Can I use it at two of my homes ■ Does it work in my vehicle ■ Can a friend use my account ■ What services are there available ■ Can I use it when overseas ■ What about all my CD’s (see notes handout) Spotify

■ The world’s number one streaming music service ■ 30 million tracks ■ Sort be artist, album, genre, podcasts and playlists ■ Save musically on your device – great for travelling ■ 20,000 new tracks added each day ■ Transportable across countries – same music everywhere ■ Costs ■ Visit Spotify.com Google Play Music

■ Made by the owners of youtube ■ More than 30,000,000 tracks – minus a few ■ Easy to access but no locally saved music ■ You need a google account ■ Upload your own music ■ Costs ■ Visit Google Play Music here Apple Music

■ Second service created after Spotify, launched in 2015 ■ Popular with Apple device owners ■ The usual 30,000,000 tracks ■ Soon to be linked with Apple streaming video ■ Can save all your music to iCloud if required ■ Free with some Optus internet bundles ■ Visit Apple music here Youtube Music

■ Music tracks and music videos ■ Offline Mixtape that automatically downloads a playlist of between 20 and 100 songs ■ Search finds tracks even if your spelling is awry ■ Downloadable music if no internet – good for gray nomads Other Services

■ Deezer – Ideal for those with children – Free with ads, six skips a month ■ Tidal – Highest fidelity, just as it comes off a CD – Expensive – Music videos x 130000 ■ Primephonic – Specially for classical music lovers INTERVAL VIDEO NETFLIX

■ Simple and easy to use. ■ No commercials ■ Original programs ■ Download the content and watch it offline ■ Affordable ■ Fantastic experience ■ Not the same content in every country ■ Different membership plans. See prices here Netflix PRICING

Basic Standard Premium Price per month $9.99 $13.99 $17.99

Resolution SD HD Up to 4K

Simultaneous streams 1 2 4

Offline download 1 2 4 devices Stan

■ Agreement with the Showtime network, ■ Customers can stream shows at the same time they air in the US. ■ NOT available outside Australia ■ Similar costs as Netflix ■ Owned by the Fairfax media group ■ This is what Stan looks like Foxtel Now

■ Previously called Presto ■ $25 per month on up to 5 devices ■ Ten day free trial, HERE ■ No set-top box ■ Includes membership of Amazon Prime Apple TV+ commences in Australia on November 1st 2019

■ Probably about $8 Australian per month ■ Cheaper than the Disney streaming service (not yet in Australia) – Much is now available on Stan ■ Designed to undercut the HBO max service (also not yet in Australia) Amazon Prime Video ■ Free international shipping from Amazon (over $49) ■ Free Kindle books ■ Priced at $5 until Feb 1st 2020 – makes it the cheapest ■ Far fewer titles than Netflix or Stan (so far) Disney +

■ $9.90 per month or $89 a year ■ Starts November 19th ■ Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel plus many more ■ For iOS, Apple & Android TV, Playstation & Chromecast YouTube Premium

■ Offline viewing ■ Highest quality ■ Thousands more videos and movies not normally visible ■ Ad free ■ Pricing HERE Telstra TV (ROKU)

And many more Chromecast Chromecast is a device that you plug into your TV's HDMI port, powered by a Google Chromecast USB cable plugs into your TV (included). Using and grants easy your smartphone or access to multiple computer as a streaming services, remote control, you from Netflix and can use Chromecast YouTube to Google to access video Play. content from Netflix, YouTube and other services. You can also use it to stream almost any kind of content from the Chrome browser on a laptop or desktop computer. Other Streaming Video Services Convert Audio/Video from A - B ■ Convert your CD to MP3 – ‘ripping’ ■ Using VLC for Windows, Mac or Linux to ‘rip’

Other Choices Convert / Save • Audio Converter online • Video Converter online

BONUS: Convert images and documents online

. Convert Video from anything to anything using free software for Windows & Linux I WinFF . Watch the process HERE

HARDWARE

■ Sonos ■ Bluetooth speakers ■ Smart TV ■ Very smart TV ■ Apple TV ■ Apple Car services ■ Android Car Services ■ Google Chromecast ■ Telstra TV (ROKU) ■ Others THE END A presentation by AVPALS

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