In my last message, I was joking a little but I am
serious, now. I am accessing the shoutcast server via mplayer
which is a pretty decent application used in Linux to play
movies and internet radio as well as many other file and stream
formats. I am not sure if it handles shoutcast streams, however,
so my question is should it be working now? If I can't get the
stream, it may not mean anything except that mplayer can't play
shoutcast. I meant to try it from safari on the Mac I use at
work, but I got busy doing what I get payed to do so didn't get
around to trying the sparkle link from there.
If I get on to the home page using lynx as in L Y N X,
the home page message states that the status of the server is
currently down. If that is accurate, I'll just try it later. I
would be surprised if mplayer can't play the stream. It usually
can but getting it the right url is sometimes the fun part
especially if a lot of javascript is involved.
Martin
Gordon Smith writes:
> Hi Martin
>
> I'm just doing technical work, adding more music and most of all,
> refining the way the station IDs work.
>
> On 18 Dec 2012, at 12:31, Martin G. McCormick
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I went there at 6:30 CST or 12:30 UTC today December 18 and the
> server reported its status as down. This actually does give you
> something to listen to if you like sixties music. Try "The
> sounds of Silence."
>
>
> I'l give it another try when it is back up.
>
> Martin
>
> Gordon Smith writes:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I wonder whether some kind sole could possibly spare us five minutes or
> > so of their valuable time. We need a third party to test out our new
> > Shoutcast feed to see how they find the quality. We're not too worried
> > about content just at the moment, as the system is automated and far
> from
> > totally refined. However, if some kind person would be willing to help,
> > we'd be very grateful. I am setting this up alongside of the hospital
> > radio service in which I am now involved. Part of the reason behind
> this
> > is that we are hoping to establish a community station for our entire
> > town next year, and I've already been asked to participate. In fact, we
> > take it so seriously that everybody, including myself, has had to
> undergo
> > a "CRV" check, (Criminal Record Verification". They check thoroughly
> > into your background and make sure that there is no unlawful history
> > associated with your personal records. Happily I passed the test with
> > flying colours and am now not only a basic member, but an
> > enhanced member. Anyway, I digress. If somebody wouldn't mind please
> > please pretty please just tuning our way for a few very short minutes to
> > let us know how you find the audio quality and whether the signal is
> > solid with you, we would be extremely grateful. I am adding things like
> > playing now and song requesting to our website, all of which will be
> good
> > experience for when we get the real deal up and running early next year.
> >
> > The URL you'd need to test from is below. Please don't worry about the
> > station IDs. We are aware that they are out of sync with what we are
> > actually playing. That is going to get fixed in the very near future.
> > And finally, to whom ever it may concern, please accept our thanks.
> >
> > OK, the website for Sparkle radio is here but please don't try the song
> > requester, it isn't functioning yet:
> >
> > Sparkle Radio website:
> > <http://www.sparkle-radio.net/Index.html>
> > please note that the URL is case sensitive. The listen link for the
> > audio can be directly accessed here:
> > <http://listen.sparkle-radio.net:8120>
> >
> > To anybody who offers help, please accept our thanks. I plan to do my
> > first live show on that little project in the coming days, but we will
> > also be looking for presenters if anybody fancies having a shot at it.
> > You don't have to be experienced, just up for a lot of fun.
> >
> > Kind regards
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