Hi Roger. I suspect that the drop-out is happening between you and the server. The reason I say that is that what you heard wasn't streamed by us, it is up in our cloud which is on the same systems as the servers. Actually, we have 2 servers although they are one as far as the outside world is concerned. But put it this way. We can accommodate 500 concurrent listeners so I doubt very much that the problem is at the server end.
Gordon On 6 Jan 2013, at 10:30, Roger Firman <[email protected]> wrote: Gordon, I have just tried the link for Windows Media Player which worked. I tried it with a couple of browsers namely Internet Explorer 8 and Mozilla. Mozilla worked as expected, IE did not work, however, it could be there is an issue with how the version is set up. The music came through for about a minute then dropped-out and I left quite a long gap before closing things down. Do you know of a way to deduce where drop-out is happening i.e. with an Internet Service Provider or somewhere else? Regards, Roger. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 05 January 2013 19:04 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! Subject: Re: Sparkle Radio: Update 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/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d6 8713f815f117/1/asx> Real Player. <http://open.wavepanel.net/shoutcast/listen/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d6 8713f815f117/1/ram> iTunes and Winamp. <http://open.wavepanel.net/shoutcast/listen/94a16f6b8cfd8e6eecfe33d580d6 8713f815f117/1/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. 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