Create an audio streaming platform like YouTube

[Robk]

Hi,

Im planning to create a platform like YouTube (only the minimum amount of functions!) where one can upload .mp3 file (a podcast) so others can listen to it. This means having a mobile app where one can stream the .mp3 track from.

1. I would like to know what it means to able to stream audio like YouTube or Spotify streams their video and music?
2. Is this the most challenging part to code while creating such a platform? If not, what is?
3. How does this work with data storage?
4. Is this (streaming part) written in the Python languague?

I understand these questions are relatively broad but hopefully one can give me some pointers.

Thank you so much in advance.

Rob

[Skaperen]

my understanding is that podcasts are not streams but instead are file downloads using FTP. if that's all you want to do, it could be a lot simpler. if you want to stream podcasts, that could be interesting. either way, you'll need a lot of storage and massive database. even more if you want fast searching.