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03 October 2005

Radio Metachat. Just got some hosting sorted so help me test it out.

post by: dodgygeezer at: 15:07 | 31 comments

I'm particularly interested if the sound quality is good.

posted by dodgygeezer 03 October | 15:10

hmm
i needed something to combat my mood for bloodly vengence
thanks

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:11

it's kinda muted by half normal sound for me

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:12

It sounds great here. Thank you for putting this up for us!

posted by LeeJay 03 October | 15:17

my first radio fondness came from across the pond
it's fitting some how
*subverts burning lust for dodgy characters*

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:18

sound quality is very good for me.

posted by gaspode 03 October | 15:22

Awesome, dodgy. It sounds good to me.

posted by iconomy 03 October | 15:22

Sounds nice. A little muted. Thanks. How do you DJ it? Do we take turns?

posted by dame 03 October | 15:25

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*whimpers*

posted by Specklet 03 October | 15:26

Sounds good, stereo even. Weird that I'm hearing things but there's no evidence of wimamp running.

posted by danostuporstar 03 October | 15:26

Sounds great here, I've had no hiccups in the stream even though I'm also downloading a bunch of other stuff right now. Well done.

posted by WolfDaddy 03 October | 15:26

How do you DJ it? Do we take turns?

Yeah, folk will have to book blocks. It's still going to take a couple of days to sort other stuff out before we get to that point though. Watch this space...

posted by dodgygeezer 03 October | 15:34

Sound quality is ok - a little noisy on some songs, but I can deal with that, since there is no buffering or choppiness at all.

posted by muddgirl 03 October | 15:35

you've been reading my mind
i love my dodgy dj
now i've channeled my mean reds into loud singing

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:38

Awesome, dodgy. You have done such a good job organizing fun toys for us.

posted by dame 03 October | 15:40

Does anyone know why I might be having problems getting onto this thing?

posted by Specklet 03 October | 15:43

your player, maybe?

posted by ethylene 03 October | 15:46

Specklet, if I remember correctly you can only access the internet at work. Most likely cause then is your company's evil firewall - they won't like strange ports.

Sorry...

posted by dodgygeezer 03 October | 15:48

Clever, dodgygeezer. Well played.

Sounds good here: Mac OS Panther** / Apple speakers / iTunes 5.0

** I know, I know.

posted by safetyfork 03 October | 15:57

Yeah, internet at work only. Stupid firewall crap thingy!

This makes me very very sad.

posted by Specklet 03 October | 16:05

*listens to led zeppelin's "rock n roll", runs out to buy cadillac*

posted by quonsar 03 October | 16:45

every time you play the rezillos i'm afraid it's tv party

posted by ethylene 03 October | 16:51

Sounds fine, for a shoutcast stream. Is web DJ-ing just making a playlist, or is there any actual airtime?

These are the nuts and the bolts of the mix and screws in the threads of the airtime
This is the sound behind the machine...

posted by Eideteker 03 October | 17:23

Umm... I'm getting some skipping, particularly near the beginning of songs. Perhaps there is not enough upstream?

posted by Eideteker 03 October | 17:37

Woohoo! I'm here, I'm here! I'm happy.

posted by taz 03 October | 17:39

It sounds good. Ooh, I look forward to having this at work.

posted by BoringPostcards 03 October | 17:57

Well that's it. Hopefully I'll get this open for other folk to use soon.

posted by dodgygeezer 03 October | 18:09

yes, because there's more to music than clangorous british punkpop.

:-)

posted by quonsar 03 October | 18:22

You say clangorous like it's a bad thing

posted by dodgygeezer 03 October | 18:24

I somehow missed this yesterday - nice job on setting up mechanics. I'm bummed I missed another dodgygeezer set.

Regarding the skipping, the last set of yours I heard had a skip at the first 2 or 3 seconds of each song. I attributed it to my player oe connection. It's not what I'd want to hear in a broadcast, but it was something I could ignore in favor of great tunes.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 04 October | 07:53

Yeah, I didn't really respond to these points about the skipping. Most likely that was an issue at my end.

All being well I might be able to get someone to guinea pig tonight and we'll see if those problems resolve themselves.

posted by dodgygeezer 04 October | 08:11

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