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One data package is – provided nothing has been changed in the network – about 1500 bytes. This file is chopped up by the server to make it possible to send this data over a network. Now, you will understand that the file you are playing consists of bits and bytes: 1’s and 0’s. But it can also be a software package on a laptop, PC, etc.

The player can be controlled by an app on a phone or tablet.

This data is transmitted over a network – wired, wireless or both – from the media server to the music player.

This can be a music streamer, but also a phone, PC, etc.

The music data (the song you want to play) is requested by a player.

That can be installed on a NAS, but also a PC, or it can even be a streaming service (in fact also a kind of media server). Let’s first explain how streaming audio over a network basically works.