Computer hardware and software for streaming audio and video content to a variety of network devices, namely, personal computers, networked DVD players, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, set-top boxes, televisions and stand-alone hardware decoders; Radios, Radio Receivers, Radio Receivers with Clocks, Stereo Tuners, Audio Amplifiers, Remote Control Units for Receivers, Remote Control Units for Amplifiers, Loud Speaker Systems, Graphic Equalizers, Sound Recording and Reproducing Apparatus, Loudspeakers for Stereophonic and Monophonic Sound Reproduction, Audio Speakers, Compact Disc Players, Compact Disc Recorders, Compact Disc Changers Used to Change Playback and Selection of Multiple Compact Discs, Remote Control Units for Compact Disc Players; Electronic Home Audio, Video, and Personal Computer Center Servers, LCD Televisions, Televisions, Projection Televisions, Liquid Crystal Display Panels, Liquid Crystal Display Televisions, Plasma Television Sets, Micro Televisions, Television Receivers, television Tuners, Television Tubes, Remote Control Units for Televisions Receivers, Television Monitors with or without Television Tuners, Set Top Boxes, Color Temperature Switches for Television Receivers, Replaceable Fluorescent Television Picture Tubes, Television Accessories Namely, Optical Fiber Cable Links, Image Enhancers, Component Cables and DVI-I Cables; Electric Sound Recording Apparatus, Digital Video Tape Recorders, Digital Video Disc Players, Digital Audio Players, Blank Digital Audio Discs; Optical Communication Equipment namely optical fiber converters, laser diodes, fiber optic transmitters and return path optical receivers; Personal Digital Assistants, Digital Encoders and Decoders, MP3 Players, Digital Photo Frame; Digital Cameras, Printers for Digital Cameras; Portable and Handheld Digital Electronic Devices for Recording, Organizing, Transmitting, Manipulating, and Reviewing Text, Data, and Audio Files; Computer Software for use in Organizing, Transmitting, Manipulating, and Reviewing Text, Data, and Audio Files on Portable and Handheld Digital Electronic Devices; Headphones, Earphones, Headphones with Integrated Audio Players, Portable and Handheld Devices for Playing Audio Files; Wireless and short-ranged communication devices and systems comprising telephones, handsets, headsets, audio speakers, microphones, earphones