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link343 - Jan 3, 2005

		link343	Jan 3, 2005
		I was thinking about it and I think it would be cool to have a radio station that we could all listen to insted of downloading those files from the soundtrack section.

		lordofduct	Jan 3, 2005
		That sounds like a damn good idea... and you still haven't gotten back to me on if you want my saturn or not, we discussed it awhile ago! name a price, im fairly easy to manhandle and negotiate with.

		Parn	Jan 3, 2005
		Heh, I tried something like this a long time ago called SuperSonic Radio on Live365, but I more or less gave up on it due to lack of interest. I currently run RPGFan Radio, though it has interest due to a larger potential audience. Online radio sucks a lot of bandwidth though, even at low bitrates. It usually is more cost conservative to go with a provider like Live365 than run your own thing, all dependant on how many people listen of course. If you have a small audience, it'd be feasible to run something off your own computer, though you pretty much kill your bandwidth completely for downloading purposes. As a game music lover, you may enjoy this.... Just something I'm hosting for a few friends at the moment, and hey... what the hell. Enjoy. Note: I am aware of the glitch at the 4:28 mark... that's not from bad MP3 encoding, it's from a badly mastered CD. Annoying glitch on what is otherwise an awesome song. *sigh*

		link343	Jan 3, 2005
		Originally posted by lordofduct@Sun, 2005-01-02 @ 08:22 PM That sounds like a damn good idea... and you still haven't gotten back to me on if you want my saturn or not, we discussed it awhile ago! name a price, im fairly easy to manhandle and negotiate with. [post=126932]Quoted post[/post] Um, I will need to get back to you.

		link343	Jan 3, 2005
		Im testing the radio station now. You can listen to it by puttin in this address in your media player: http://68.113.4.6:8000...

		mal	Jan 3, 2005
		Works for me. :thumbs-up:

		Cloud121	Jan 3, 2005
		This does sound like a good idea Link. I'll try it later. Looking forward to see how it works.

		reX dart: eskimo spy	Jan 3, 2005
		Doesn't work for me using WMP. Great idea, though.

		mal	Jan 3, 2005
		It worked using WMP9 when I was at work, but it isn't working from home. I guess it's down ATM.

		Resident_Lurker	Jan 3, 2005
		I'd like this. I'd be a good way to sample soundtracks. But it requires some upkeep and bandwidth, of course.

		schi0249	Jan 3, 2005
		I think that is a good idea. Definatly a way to liven things up. Even if it was hosted by a 3rd party.

		stack99	Jan 3, 2005
		It didn't work for me at work, but I will try again when I get home, its definately a great idea...

		IceDigger	Jan 4, 2005
		Very nice!

		IceDigger	Jan 4, 2005
		How much bandwidth would such a venture take up?

		Resident_Lurker	Jan 4, 2005
		Well, Link is running his stream at 112kbps. That would equal 14 kilobytes a second. If one person downloads at that speed for 24 hours, that'd be 1.15 gigabytes. If I figured that correctly.

		link343	Jan 4, 2005
		Im testting the station at 80kbps. Maby soon I will try 56kbps.

		Curtis	Jan 4, 2005
		I don't know what software you're using, but the best streaming solution I've heard is 64Kb MP3Pro. It's a very good compromise of sound quality and bandwidth use. 80K OGG would be the next best solution, but I know OGG streams cause problems with some versions of Winamp.

		Alexvrb	Jan 4, 2005
		Then... use... other versions?

		Pearl Jammzz	Jan 9, 2005
		lol, ya, if it's the best choice I think we can all upgrade to the newest winamp