Hi Mike, thanks for that very informative explaination. That was very useful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: Re: billsparks.org?
> Gary > > Let me attempt to explain why your attempt to play wzzr in WMP had to > fail. > WZZR (and many other Clear Channel family stations) use what is known as > the CC Tuner. > The CC tuner is what is known as an embedded player meaning it is a small > plugin that seamlessly works with another player, in this case, Windows > Media Player. > While it may not be readily apparent, this set up potentially has benefits > for both sides of the equation including being able to deliver to you talk > show names and guests, song titles, news headlines, whatever. > However, for the stream to work, the path must go through that tuner > plugin which, by attempting to load the stream url into WMP, apparently > bypasses. > On the other hand, launching the stream from the run dialog or your IE > Favorites, apparently, in the CC Tuner case, works fine. > > What I would urge anyone who encounters one of these broken links to do is > use the databases' feedback mechanism to report the error. > I've, as an example, reported a bunch of these over the last week to the > support crew at > radiotime.com, and they're repairing them quickly as folks point these out > to them. > On the Streamingradioguide.com listings, you will see the most recent date > on which the stream was validated. > Streamingradioguide.com appears to have a program in place which checks > streams to see if they're still operative. > MikesRadioWorld also seems to be on top of the situation. > That's why, at the moment, these are my 3 top choices for streams. > > And as has been said before, anyone who attempts to maintain links for > their own use well knows, links do often change and uncovering broken > links is part of the expectation. > One bit of irony in this, I began working with streaming radio in 2000 or > so. The first link was Wgn Chicago which still works; > the 2nd one was WMBI-FM Chicago which worked until early this year when > the Moody owned stations switched to BarnabasRoad.com for their audio > feeds. > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
