If I created a DTMan Shoutcast server...

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:01 pm

Would anyone listen?

Probably not, but just curious. Lots of rock, with smatterings of everything else.

Post by **Vince** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:12 pm

I would if your server weren't blocked at work

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:20 pm

Only if I didn't have to install any new software.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:20 pm

And if you have like contests and stuff where I can win concert tickets.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:23 pm

Just Winamp needed, I believe.

And dtman.blogdns.com is blocked where you work, Vince?

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:42 pm

I'd listen, as long as you didn't suck.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:44 pm

I'd listen, as long as you didn't suck.

I'd list the potential playlist, but a quick check of my music library says I have 4,923 mp3's.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:48 pm

Cool.

Got any ABBA? Preferably in German.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:49 pm

Yes I do, but not in German.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:52 pm

Oh, well, I guess that'll do.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:45 am

What the hell is a shout cast server?

Is this something where you spend like $79 to 'say' your stupid thoughts instead of typing them?

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:44 am

What the hell is a shout cast server?

Is this something where you spend like $79 to 'say' your stupid thoughts instead of typing them?

No. It just streams music that you have in your Winamp playlist. Makes an Internet radio station of your music, not your talking.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:44 am

Although, Gordon could create mp3s of his voice, and put them into the playlist...

DoctorChaos · Post by **DoctorChaos** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:58 am

I'd listen

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:41 am

With all this interest, I'm not sure if I have the bandwidth.

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:01 am

I'll check it out, but I'm not sure how much ABBA and Gloria Gaynor I can stand.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:19 am

No Gloria Gaynor.

Post by **TPRJones** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:15 am

Although, Gordon could create mp3s of his voice, and put them into the playlist...

There's a few free "mixing" programs that will encode on the fly to the feed to allow for a "DJ" to talk over the music if they want to. I've got a couple of friends that host shows pretty regularly and are actually very good at it. Then there are the other few thousand that should be shot.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:34 pm

I like the idea of doing it, but nobody wants to listen to anything with less than 128kps quality, and that means 2 listeners would be using 256kps of my upstream bandwidth... 3 users 384kps, etc. I don't think I have enough upstream pipe to make this work. I'm just on a non-commercial cable modem.

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:38 pm

Yeah, I've thought about it before but the upstream part always kills it for me.

You'd think that since all streams originate from the same place, just one would be sent upstream, then replicated later, but it just doesn't work that way, afaik.