A few months ago, I attempted to install an Ogg Vorbis based "broadcast station" in my house (for use only by the residents of the house - sometimes we all like to hear the same music, and sometimes we don't). The Vorbis stuff seemed solid - except it didn't have streaming ability (at least not a few months ago). There was only one track (of Enya) that wouldn't decode properly - but that could very well have been the fault of the original copy I had. So I was very pleased with the Vorbis code (except for the lack of streaming - but I really didn't need that for the house at the time).
The real problems were in getting icecast to be something close to reliable. It crashed or hung at least 3 times a day (on a good day), and I could only get a single channel to stream. Keep in mind that all this was on the Linux implementation - I understand the windows implementation was a lot more reliable. If things have become more reliable (in the "production/stable" releases)- I'd like to know, and I'd like to know how they got it to be so - its worth a talk at one of the chapters. But I'm afraid that Ogg Vorbis and Icecast aren't ready for NHPR yet. The developers still need to chew on them a bit more. --Bruce PS: Vorbis and Icecast both have Windows and Linux implementations. Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Jon Greenberg wrote: > > I also know that there are MP3 options and that PI is looking into > > those. > > I, myself, know nothing about this stuff, but if, perhaps, a member of the > community with an understanding of the Open solutions (e.g., the Ogg stuff) > were to step forward to Public Interactive, and offer our assistance, we > could turn this into a reality. > > Now. Remember, when it comes to new stuff, business are interested in one > thing and one thing only: ROI -- Return On Investment. If the Open > solutions do not offer a good ROI, Public Interactive will not be > interested. So, we have to provide reasons why PI should be interested. > > So. Thinking about it, if PI plays their cards right, they could turn > this into a real money maker. Of course, their limited market focus may > negate that, but let me pitch my theory anyway. > > First of all, both the Real and Microsoft solutions incur regular > licensing costs (though forced upgrades). We can save them reoccuring costs > there. That should be attractive, especially in this economy. > > Perhaps more importantly, however, this is an opportunity for PI (or > another company) to create that all-important product distinction. To my > knowledge, no one is really exploiting Open technology for streaming media > distribution. Being the one to do so could be a determining factory in > their own customers' purchasing decisions. "XYZ Media Distribution is the > only major streaming services provider supporting all three major streaming > formats" or whatever. > > One other thing: Remember, 99% of their customer base is going to be using > MS-Windows. If whatever solution (e.g., streaming MP3) does not have a free > (as in beer), easy to install and easy to learn client for the Redmond > platform, we might as well pack up and go home now. Does anyone know about > this issue? > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- For the latest CodeMeta news, go to http://www.codemeta.com/news . For my personal news, go to http://www.milessmithfarm.net/news . ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
