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keesan
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response 200 of 210:
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Dec 20 16:25 UTC 2000 |
I could find only Winplay3 for Win95.
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dbratman
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response 201 of 210:
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Dec 30 16:48 UTC 2000 |
I have come across more comments (I think they were on Usenet
somewhere) by people who found the Sonicnet interface hard to
understand and impossible to use. I have no idea why they (and you)
are having problems while I, with an Athlon chip but only a 56K modem
on an ordinary phone line, find it works perfectly every time. I've
been on the other side of disputes like this (for instance, I can never
get superglue to stick to anything), so I know how frustrating it can
be.
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n8nxf
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response 202 of 210:
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Dec 31 13:56 UTC 2000 |
Not even your fingers?
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keesan
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response 203 of 210:
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Jan 2 23:01 UTC 2001 |
Maybe you need a 56K modem to get it to work? I used my fastest, a 33K.
It probably would not have sounded so good anyway.
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dbratman
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response 204 of 210:
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Jan 3 21:19 UTC 2001 |
It doesn't even sound so hot at 56K, its biggest problem. I think of
it as AM radio, which doesn't sound terrific either. Having found on
occasion that songs I enjoyed on the car radio sounded terrible with CD
quality and no background noise, I'm not upset about this.
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keesan
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response 205 of 210:
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Feb 1 21:07 UTC 2001 |
Sonicnet just replieed (my help equest went astray). Their online system
rquirements (under Help) call for Realplayer G2, which I think requires Win95,
which I do not have. They also suggest a DSL line, a fast Pentium, 64M RAM,
etc. Will see if Arachne will play streaming MP3 - there are hints to that
effect in the latest version. The tech support also suggested hooking up the
computer to my stereo system for better-than-radio sound.
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dbratman
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response 206 of 210:
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Feb 1 21:16 UTC 2001 |
DSL you don't need. I know that because I don't have it at home. I
have those other things, though (except I have an AMD Athlon, not a
*ych pfu* Pentium) [religious wars, never mind]
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keesan
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response 207 of 210:
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Feb 2 02:57 UTC 2001 |
It sounds like all you really need is Win95 (to handle RealAudio G2) and 16M
RAM and a 28K modem, and a fast 486. We were listening to Realaudio G2 on
this combination before. I hate to bother installing 60M Win95, then Dialup
Networking, then 15M download of Netscape 4 (expands to 28M), but we have
enough comptuers that I could sacrifice one just for that. Or listen to LPs.
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krj
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response 208 of 210:
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Feb 22 01:56 UTC 2001 |
News item from zdnet.com and wsj.com. A company called "Supertracks"
has an idea for improving the profitability of Internet radio.
According to the article, Supertracks claim that the costs of
streaming radio are so high that a user who listens to high-quality
sound for 1.5 hours per day costs the webcaster $81 per year.
Their solution? They figure you listen to the same songs over
and over again anyway, so they download a library of 400 songs to
your computer and then only the play order has to be sent out from
the central office. They say they'll swap out 100 songs per month.
This is supposed to cut the cost to $15 per listener.
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mcnally
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response 209 of 210:
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Feb 22 04:29 UTC 2001 |
I've only recently been experimenting more with Internet radio but
so far I find it dramatically preferable to broadcast stations..
While Supertracks' suggestion may be technically sound, I can't
imagine it working out very well with clearance from the record labels.
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krj
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response 210 of 210:
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Feb 23 03:13 UTC 2001 |
Just finished up two evenings of streaming Real Audio world music
programs onto, um, cassette. How low tech, but I have the hardware and
it plays nice in the car. I find that the stream speed which Real Audio
negotiates varies with the time of day: during the business day I can't
get much better than 11K, which is sub-AM quality, but starting around
4 or 5 I can usually get 96K, which is just a little sub-FM with artifacts,
and after 7 pm I can get 96K reliably. I don't know if the bottleneck
is at my end, at the program source, or on the network backbones.
Approximately eight more CDs which I must find. Now I'm looking for
a source for Italian political rap CDs.
This stuff is at http://www.wen.com, and the best shows are hosted by
Ian (not jethro tull) Anderson and Charlie Gillett. I've ranted about
how wonderful this stuff is before.
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