Radio Paradise

Posted: Nov 21, 2009 - 12:17pm
DaveInVA wrote: Don't know if its just me but the Octoshape has been doing the buffer under-run thing again today. This morning it did it occasionally but its gotten worse as the day goes on sometimes doing it multiple times a song now.... Sorry to report the same here in the northeast.

DaveInSaoMiguel

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Posted: Nov 21, 2009 - 11:48am
Don't know if its just me but the Octoshape has been doing the buffer under-run thing again today. This morning it did it occasionally but its gotten worse as the day goes on sometimes doing it multiple times a song now....

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 2:43pm
peter_james_bond wrote: I'm getting this message when I try to upload a file to the LRC: Your upload doesn't appear to be an MP3 file. Double-check the file name as it needs to end in ".mp3". However the file is definitely an mp3 file and it ends in .mp3 i get the same thing trying to upload tom petty superhighway mp3's ...

peter_james_bond

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 2:29pm
BillG wrote: Was it created by iTunes? iTunes creates mp3 files with non-standard headers (& inferior audio quality) that are often rejected by our file-checking script. No not iTunes, I did buy the tunes from an online music seller - 7digital.com. They seem to be high quality digital files. I used that company before and never had a problem.

William

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 2:08pm

peter_james_bond wrote:

I'm getting this message when I try to upload a file to the LRC:

Your upload doesn't appear to be an MP3 file. Double-check the file name as it needs to end in ".mp3".

However the file is definitely an mp3 file and it ends in .mp3

Was it created by iTunes? iTunes creates mp3 files with non-standard headers (& inferior audio quality) that are often rejected by our file-checking script.

peter_james_bond

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 1:55pm
JrzyTmata wrote: is it a variable bitrate? No, it's not VBR. It has a bit rate of 320 with an audio sample rate of 44 kHz.

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 1:50pm
peter_james_bond wrote: I'm getting this message when I try to upload a file to the LRC: Your upload doesn't appear to be an MP3 file. Double-check the file name as it needs to end in ".mp3". However the file is definitely an mp3 file and it ends in .mp3 is it a variable bitrate?

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Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 1:47pm
I'm getting this message when I try to upload a file to the LRC: Your upload doesn't appear to be an MP3 file. Double-check the file name as it needs to end in ".mp3". However the file is definitely an mp3 file and it ends in .mp3

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 6:09pm
HazzeSwede wrote: "Crybaby", is happy to report, that Unnamed Server plays Radio Paradise via Octoshape link ,flawlessly ! 'Whinyboy' reports likewise. That's weird. But it sounds crystal-clear this evening in the East. Thanks, Bill.

Big_D

Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 1:52pm

rosedraws wrote:

Clicking the link on the home page... does nothing? Did it launch something in iTunes? What is supposed to happen?

It's working for me... (wonderfully, I might add) I just am lobbying to have it explained better. And if I know, I could answer folks in the forums who ask.

{#Sunny}

With Windows XP I needed first to install the Octoshape Client. I have then set it to use my default player (Foobar2000) and not to run on computer start up. I have then created a desktop shortcut with the location URL "octoshape:PARADISE.stream1_mp3" .

On my system this starts up Octoshape, then starts up Foobar2000 and then plays the RP stream. Song title and artist displayed.

I used to not bother with Octoshape as it was such a faf to open up Octoshape, wait for my browser to open and display the choice of feeds and start playing.

I was disappointed not to be able to google a straight forward solution so now I have found one I have put it here:
http://blog1.dhsound.co.uk/blog/_archives/2009/11/2/4369343.html and google has indeed found it.

This one click solution is great and sounds fine too. Does it save Bill any money? I don't know but I hope so.

Big_D

Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 1:35pm
BillG wrote: I'm switching the 192k Octoshape feed to another encoder sometime this aft. That should fix the issue once & for all. Thanks Bill, That seems to have sorted it.

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 9:26am
BillG wrote: The listening link is the same. The only difference should be the lack of dropouts. Clicking the link on the home page... does nothing? Did it launch something in iTunes? What is supposed to happen? It's working for me... (wonderfully, I might add) I just am lobbying to have it explained better. And if I know, I could answer folks in the forums who ask.

ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 8:36am
BillG wrote: Cool song. I'll have to play that. Unfortunately, the track listings on the album info pages come from Amazon's database rather than ours. If they don't match, no link gets generated. If the problem is at our end, I can fix it — but not if it's Amazon's database that's wrong. (After some coffee) I figured that out this morning ;-)

William

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 8:33am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I was thinking the other day that I never hear "Luz de mi Vida" by Los Lobos anymore (even at my own house for some reason). It's a great song but I remember back in '02 it was getting a lot of airplay and I thought maybe too much, considering the topic and all. Made me sad to hear it so often. But anyway. I wonder if it's not getting played because of that, or because it's misspelled "Lus de mi Vida" on the album info page, which makes it appear as though RP doesn't have that track in the playlist. Just a thought, not necessarily a request. Okay, bye.

Cool song. I'll have to play that.

Unfortunately, the track listings on the album info pages come from Amazon's database rather than ours. If they don't match, no link gets generated. If the problem is at our end, I can fix it — but not if it's Amazon's database that's wrong.

William

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 8:31am
rosedraws wrote: Can someone please post the instructions on how to get there the right way? The listening link is the same. The only difference should be the lack of dropouts.

rosedraws

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 7:23am
BillG wrote: We're now on the new encoder. That should take care of the problems. Can someone please post the instructions on how to get there the right way?

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Posted: Nov 17, 2009 - 7:18am
DaveInVA wrote: Another "Crybaby" also happy to report its working perfectly this morning....

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