[vicsireland] Re: internet radio picking a player
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:02:30 -0000
Hi Tony,
yes, RealPlayer (or Real Alternative) will play the BBC real-audio stream.
If you don't have realPlayer or if it is disabled somehow from doing so, you
will get an error in Windows media Player or other player you have chosen).
In case it wasn't clear, the reason you need more than one player is that no
one player can play all streaming types: and that, at times, you will get
errors when you try to play a stream in the wrong player.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: internet radio picking a player
BlankHi Paul,
I think it was step 6 where I was getting a little woolly!
I had problems with accsessing stations on that site before and thought that
it must be something I was doing wrong!
One of course doesn't select a player say from a drop-down or something but
when you enter on a station link that station should in theory at any rate
open?
Now I do know that it is advisable to install all of the 3 major players to
enable stations to play!
Trust I am good so far!
I think that I may have a problem in the way that my system is configured!
Here's just one question!
Say I have WMP as my default player and say I want to play a Beeb station
which I think uses Real Player or Alternative, will the BBC station play in
Real Player say, although I have WMP as my default player.
In other words is it a disadvantage sometimes to have one player or others
as default.
Any other commentss or suggestions from you or others gratefully
appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Halligan
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:26 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] internet radio picking a player
hi tony and folks
in the tutorial i posted on recording internet radio i mentioned that some
stations use real player and some use windows media player.
using the instructions in the tutorial for the website mentioned will let
you identify which stations use which player.
personally i have both real player and windows media player installed to
widen my choice of stations i can play but as far as i can figure if a
station uses real player and you only have wmp then you are snookered!
below are the steps in the tutorial that are relevant to this question
Keep pressing your down arrow until you come to the station you want, in
our example radio one extra.
6 when you get to the station you will hear the following
First the station name
Second the location of the station
Third jaws will say Graphic and then the player you can use i.e. if it
says graphic real audio you can use real player to play and record the
station.
If jaws says graphic and windows media player you can use that one and so
on
Note
that if jaws announces map then the station will open in real player too.
7 now we wanted radio one extra in Dublin and have got to the station name
Arrow down again and we hear Dublin, its location
Arrow down again and we hear graphic real audio which means the station
can be played through real player
arrow down again you will hear jaws say graphic windows media but we want
to arrow down past this
arrow again and jaws says link 32 kbps this is the link to open and listen
to the station
8 Press enter and the station opens in real player after a few seconds. Be
patient
i use the mikesworldradio site because it is not so tricky to navigate.
there are numerous sites like shoutcast.com
or radio365 which you might find more or less easier to navigate.
hope that clears things a little, but contact me either on list or offlist
tigerone@xxxxxxxxxx
if you run into any other glitchs, god knows it took me 3 years to get my
head around it.
regards
Paul H
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