hi Mary OK, I'm still fiddling with things and I hope to have a more reliable solution shortly. I'm working on a full-blown web solution and customised players. I will give you more up-to-date info shortly.
Gordon On 5 Jan 2013, at 22:03, Mary Stores <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gordon, I tried the Winamp URL and nothing happened. The title bar in Winamp read Winamp - .pls stopped I am using Winamp 5.63 on a Windows 7 64 bit machine. I also tried the Windows Media player URL and got a dialogue that said there was a problem with the URL, that I might try using a different protocol. I coppied both URLs straight from the message. Mary Quoting Gordon Smith <[email protected]>: > hi mary > > OK, here you go with links. If nobody is on live, our cloud is up now. > > Windows Media Player. > > <http://open.wavepanel.net/shoutcast/listen/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d68713f815f117/1/asx> > > Real Player. > > <http://open.wavepanel.net/shoutcast/listen/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d68713f815f117/1/ram> > > iTunes and Winamp. > > <http://open.wavepanel.net/shoutcast/listen/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d68713f815f117/1/pls> > > We plan to add more to our library, this is only for test. We also > plan to add a "Request" feature for both cloud and live broadcasts, > where the presenter's software permits. We also plan to offer > presenters their own email addresses within Sparkle Radio if they > choose to join us. Meanwhile, if you feel like testing those links, > we will be grateful and perhaps you can let us know how you found the > quality. > > Gordon > > On 4 Jan 2013, at 18:32, Mary Stores <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sounds very positive, Gordon! I'll look forward to when you are live. > > Mary > > Quoting Gordon Smith <[email protected]>: > >> Hi all >> >> OK, if you're interested in this, we now have our servers safely >> established. I am currently in the process of uploading som material >> to our cloud, just so that there's no dead air. This station is >> going to be so cool! When we are not broadcasting live, the cloud >> automatically kicks in and, when we want to broadcast live, the cloud >> fades and the live connection is established. We have plenty of >> storage, which means that we can also handle pre-recorded >> programming. It doesn't have to be music! We can now also accept >> podcasts and audio demos. Actually, it's that sort of thing which we >> would prefer to put up in the cloud so that it is on-demand >> listening. We hav oodles of bandwidth, so you don't need to worry >> about drop-out. When we are broadcasting live, (at least, when I >> am), there will be a link on our website to request songs. When we >> are not broadcasting live, there will be another link to allow >> listeners to request "items", including podcasts and other pre-recor >> ded material, from our library. And, best of all, if things work out >> the way I am hoping and I get past the beta stage, there will be an >> iPhone App as well! Watch this space for further details. if you >> are interested in either joining us as a broadcaster of either live >> or pre-recorded content, we would love to hear from you. 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