Amazon S3 for Digital Downloads

Amazon S3 for Digital Downloads

Several of my clients have asked me this recently, given the increased resolution of audio files over the MP3 format.

Example:
Song1.mp3 - 10.1MB; this is fine for a Joomla site download. These are 44.1kHz, 16-bit.
Song1.wav - 76.2MB; the bandwidth starts adding up. These are 48kHZ, 24-bit.
Song1.alac - 100MB+, this is the resolution for Apple Lossless. Ranges from 16-bit/44.1 kHz (CD quality) up to 24-bit/192 kHz (Hi-Res Lossless).

In the "Confirmed" emails and also in the Downloads area, it would be great to be able to show different download links:
- MP3
- WAV
- ALAC

The WAV or lossless (ALAC) would download from an Amazon S3 repository.
It is cheap and very fast.

There are a lot of self-published music artists out there now.
Streaming pays very little (0.001 cents per stream).
Selling songs and downloadable albums is still a viable income source.

Just an idea.

Hi,

We've actually been working on an S3 plugin. Following your post, we've pushed forth the work on it and finished it. Here is the plugin:
www.hikashop.com/marketplace/product/309-amazon-s3.html
It has an import screen so you can easily migrate the files you already have to S3.

You guys are amazing.
I will pass this along to my clients.

Thank you.